Zealanapis montana | |
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Conservation status | |
Not Threatened (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Anapidae |
Genus: | Zealanapis |
Species: | Z. montana |
Binomial name | |
Zealanapis montana Platnick & Forster, 1989 |
Zealanapis montana is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1989 by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Lewis Pass. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 0.77mm in length whereas the female is 0.85mm.
Distribution
This species is only known from the northwest of the South Island and Taranaki in the North Island.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
References
- ^ 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.
- 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" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Zealanapis montana |
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