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Genus of spiders

Pararchaea
Pararchaea alba
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: Malkaridae
Genus: Pararchaea
Forster, 1955
Species: P. alba
Binomial name
Pararchaea alba
Forster, 1955

Pararchaea is a monotypic genus of shield spiders from New Zealand containing the single species, Pararchaea alba.

Taxonomy

This genus was described in 1955 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected from Fiordland. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 1.54mm in length whereas the female is 1.74mm. This species has brown legs, a brown carapace and creamy white abdomen.

Distribution

This genus is known from scattered localities in the South Island.

Conservation status

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

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Pararchaea Forster, 1955". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Forster, R.R. (1955). "Spiders of the family Archaeidae from Australia and New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 83: 391–403.
  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
Pararchaea
Pararchaea alba


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