Nomaua waikanae | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Physoglenidae |
Genus: | Nomaua |
Species: | N. waikanae |
Binomial name | |
Nomaua waikanae (Forster, 1990) | |
Synonyms | |
Wairua waikanae |
Nomaua waikanae is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1990 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 4.79mm in length whereas the female is 3.64mm.
Distribution
This species is only known from Wellington, 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" and "Data Poor: Trend".
References
- ^ 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
- 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
- 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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Nomaua waikanae |
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