Notes on the identity of the orb-weaver spider Araneus nox Simon, 1877 (Araneae: Araneidae) from India, including its transfer to Eriovixia Archer, 1951 and one new synonymy

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  Notes on the identity of the orb-weaver spider Araneus nox Simon, 1877 (Araneae: Araneidae) from India, including its transfer to Eriovixia Archer, 1951 and one new synonymy The orb-weaver genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 has historically served as a heterogeneous assemblage for numerous araneid spiders lacking clear generic placement, and several Asian species formerly assigned to Araneus have subsequently been transferred to more narrowly defined genera. One species that still needs further investigation on its true identity is Araneus nox (Simon, 1877), originally described as Epeira nox Simon, 1877 from Basilan Island, Philippines, and later transferred to Araneus by Simon (1905). In the same year as the description of Epeira nox, Thorell (1877) described Epeira pilula from the Moluccas (Indonesia), which was subsequently synonymised under Epeira nox by Simon (1880). Despite its broad Oriental distribution, the taxonomic identity and generic placement of A. nox have remained insuff...

An exceptional new genus of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber belonging to the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015

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An exceptional new genus of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber belonging to the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015

Abstract. – An exceptional new genus and species of fossil scorpion, Paranotaburmesebuthus schmidti Lourenço gen. n., sp. n., is described from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). This is the fourth genus of fossil scorpion from Burmite described in the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015. The new genus is characterized by a combination of several morphological features and in particular by the presence of lateral extensions in tergites I to VI recalling paranota. The description of the new genus and species suggests new evidence on the phylogenetic position of certain Burmite amber scorpions and confirms, once again, the considerable degree of diversity in the Burmese amber-producing forests. 

Lourenço W. R. & Velten J., 2024. – Un nouveau genre exceptionnel de l’ambre Crétacé de Myanmar appartenant à la famille des Paleoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015. Faunitaxys, 12(13): 1 – 7. 

https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-12(13) - https://zoobank.org/12A85C51-AC9F-4C47-80DA-3096683F1BFB