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Alistra opina

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Species of spider

Alistra opina
Conservation status

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hahniidae
Genus: Alistra
Species: A. opina
Binomial name
Alistra opina
(Forster, 1970)
Synonyms
  • Tawerana opina Forster, 1970

Alistra opina is a species of dwarf sheet spider of the genus Alistra. This species is endemic to New Zealand

Taxonomy

This species was first described from a single female by Ray Forster in 1970, originally named Tawerana opina. It was transferred into the Alistra genus in 1986. The holotype specimen was collected by Richard Dell and Beverley Holloway at Crooked Reach, Port Pegasus on Stewart Island, during the 1955 Dominion Museum expedition.

The holotype is stored at Te Papa under the registration number AS.000078.

Description

The body is around 2.4 mm (0.094 in) long. The carapace, legs and chelicerae are yellow. The abdomen is cream coloured.

Distribution

This species is only recorded from Port Pegasus on Stewart Island in New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Data Deficient with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".

References

  1. ^ "Alistra opina (Forster, 1970)". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Alistra opina - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. Brignoli, P.M. "Spiders from Melanesia III. A new Alistra (Araneae, Hahniidae) from the Solomon Islands". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. 11: 327–332.
  4. ^ Raymond Robert Forster (1970). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part III: Desidae, Dictynidae, Hahniidae, Amaurobioidiae, Nicodamidae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 3: 164–165. ISSN 0474-859X. Wikidata Q113167423. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2024.
  5. "Tawerana opina Forster, 1970". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  6. "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Alistra opina
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