Kapanga wiltoni | |
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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: | Hahniidae |
Genus: | Kapanga |
Species: | K. wiltoni |
Binomial name | |
Kapanga wiltoni Forster, 1970 |
Kapanga wiltoni is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1970 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens. It is the type species of Kapanga. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 1.62mm in length whereas the female is 1.95mm.
Distribution
This species is only known from Otago, New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
References
- ^ Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
- 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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Kapanga wiltoni |
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