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Tangata otago

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Species of spider

Tangata otago
Conservation status

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Tangata
Species: T. otago
Binomial name
Tangata otago
Forster & Platnick, 1985

Tangata otago is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a female specimen collected in Otago. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015005.

Description

The female is recorded at 2.63mm in length. The abdomen is patterned dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Otago, 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" and "One Location".

References

  1. ^ Forster, R.R; Platnick, N.L (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.
  2. "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  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
Tangata otago


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