Biology:Zealanapis australis

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Short description: Species of spider

Zealanapis australis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anapidae
Genus: Zealanapis
Species:
Z. australis
Binomial name
Zealanapis australis
(Forster, 1951)
Synonyms

Chasmocephalon australis Forster, 1951

Zealanapis australis is a spider species in the genus Zealanapis found in New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Chasmocephalon australis in 1951 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected on Bench Island.[2] In 1989 it was transferred to Zealanapis.[1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000009.[3]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.09mm in length whereas the female is 1.28mm. This species has a dark brown carapace and legs. The abdomen is a mix of grey yellow and dark brown.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Otago and Southland in New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. 
  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. 
  3. ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/125264. 
  4. ↑ 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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