Biology:Novanapis
Novanapis is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, containing the single species, Novanapis spinipes. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Raymond Robert Forster in 1989,[1] and has only been found in New Zealand.[2]
Taxonomy
This species was described as Chasmocephalon spinipes in 1951 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens.[3] It was later transferred to Pseudanapis in 1959.[4] The species was given its own genus name by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster in 1989.[1] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.[3]
Description
The male is recorded at 1.48mm in length whereas the female is 1.49mm. This species is coloured dark brown.[3]
Distribution
This species is known from the North Island and most of the South Island of New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Platnick, N. I.; Forster, R. R. (1989). "A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea).". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 190: 1–139. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/6790.
- ↑ "Gen. Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989". Natural History Museum Bern. https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/185.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Forster, R.R. (1951). "New Zealand spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum 5: 231–244. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/2990.
- ↑ Forster, R.R. (1959). "The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86 (3/4): 269–329. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/3324.
- ↑ 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.
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