Biology:Australomimetus mendicus
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Short description: Species of spider
| Australomimetus mendicus | |
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Invalid status (NZ TCS)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mimetidae |
| Genus: | Australomimetus |
| Species: | A. mendicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Australomimetus mendicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mimetus mendicus | |
Australomimetus mendicus is a species of Mimetidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
This species was described as Mimetus mendicus in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.[2] It was most recently transferred to the Australomimetus in 2009.[3]
Description
The cephalothorax is orange to yellow coloured with a black marking dorsally. Similarly, the legs are orange with black bands. The abdomen has a mottled black, red and white pattern.[4]
Distribution
This species is known from both islands of New Zealand.[4]
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[5]
References
- ↑ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog" (in en). https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/21411.
- ↑ Cambridge, O. P. (1880). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN 0370-2774. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x.
- ↑ Harms, D; Harvey, M (2009). "Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna". Invertebrate Systematics 23 (3): 231–280. doi:10.1071/is08015. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/11075.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chamberlain, G (1946). "Revision of the Araneae of New Zealand. Part II". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 3: 85–97. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/2788.
- ↑ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (in English). New Zealand Threat Classification Series 34: 1–37. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2174265 entry
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