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Nomaua perdita

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Species of spider

Nomaua perdita
Conservation status

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Genus: Nomaua
Species: N. perdita
Binomial name
Nomaua perdita
Forster, 1990
Synonyms

Wairua reinga
Nomaua crinifrons

Nomaua perdita is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1990 as Wairua reinga by Ray Forster from female specimens. It was most recently revised in 2009, in which the male was described. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 3.31mm in length, whereas the female is 3.15mm.

Distribution

This species is only known from the North Island of New Zealand.

Conservation status

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

References

  1. ^ Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Coddington, J. (1990). A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 193: 1-116
  2. Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2009). A revision of Nomaua (Araneae: Synotaxidae) and description of a new synotaxid genus from New Zealand. Tuhinga 20: 137-158
  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
Nomaua perdita


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