Greenwaltarachne, Downen & Selden, 2020

Downen, Matthew R. & Selden, Paul A., 2020, Fossil spiders (Araneae) from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation of Montana, USA, Palaeontologia Electronica (a 56) 23 (3), pp. 1-10 : 5

Genus Greenwaltarachne gen. nov.

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Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other araneids by the combination of characters: an abdomen widely overhanging spinnerets, annulated legs with two dark bands on metatarsus IV, the single trichobothrium at the distal most edge of the metatarsus just before the mt-ta joint.

Etymology. The fossil species is named for Dale Greenwalt of the Smithsonian Natural Museum of Natural History who pushed for the spiders to be studied and “arachne” for spider.

Type species. Greenwaltarachne pamelae n. sp. (monotypic).