Biology:Acroaspis decorosa
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Short description: Species of spider
Acroaspis decorosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Acroaspis |
Species: | A. decorosa
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Binomial name | |
Acroaspis decorosa (Urquhart, 1894)
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Acroaspis decorosa is a species of orbweaver spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
Acroaspis decorsa was first described in 1894 as Epeira decorosa by Arthur Urquhart.[2] This species was later moved to the Eriophora genus by Ray Forster in 1988.[1] The species was moved again in 2010 to the Acroaspis genus.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Court, D. J. & Forster, R. R. (1988). The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 68-124.
- ↑ Urquhart, A. T. (1894). Description of new species of Araneae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 26: 204-218.
- ↑ Framenau, V. W., Dupérré, N., Blackledge, T. A. & Vink, C. (2010). Systematics of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Backobourkia (Araneae: Araneidae: Araneinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 68: 79-111.
Wikidata ☰ Q21232492 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acroaspis decorosa.
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