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Species of spider

Alistra tuna
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. tuna
Binomial name
Alistra tuna
(Forster, 1970)
Synonyms

Tawerana tuna

Alistra tuna is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as Tawerana reinga in 1970 by Ray Forster from a female specimen. In 1986 it was transferred to the Alistra genus. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at 2.03mm in length. The legs are coloured yellow brown. The abdomen has a pale marking dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Taumaranui, 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. ^ Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
  2. Brignoli, P. M. (1986). 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
  3. 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
Alistra tuna
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