Porioides tasmani | |
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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: | Hahniidae |
Genus: | Porioides |
Species: | P. tasmani |
Binomial name | |
Porioides tasmani (Forster, 1970) | |
Synonyms | |
Poria tasmani |
Porioides tasmani is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described as Poria tasmani by Ray Forster in 1970 from male specimens. It was renamed as Porioides tasmani in 1989. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 1.46mm in length. The carapace is pale yellow. The abdomen has a chevron pattern dorsally.
Distribution
This species is only known from Nelson, 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
- ^ Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
- Platnick, N. I. (1989). Advances in spider taxonomy 1981-1987: a supplement to Brignoli's A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 673 pp
- 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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Porioides tasmani |
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