| Zealanapis conica | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Not Threatened (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Anapidae |
| Genus: | Zealanapis |
| Species: | Z. conica |
| Binomial name | |
| Zealanapis conica (Forster, 1951) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chasmocephalon conicum | |
Zealanapis conica is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described as Chasmocephalon conicum in 1951 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Fiordland. In 1959 it was transferred to Risdonius. Then later in 1989 it was transferred to Zealanapis. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 1.06mm in length whereas the female is 0.91mm.
Distribution
This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
References
- ^ Platnick, N.I.; Forster, R.R. (1989). "A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 190: 1–139.
- ^ Forster, R.R. (1951). "New Zealand spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 5: 231–244.
- Forster, R.R. (1959). "The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 86 (3/4): 269–329.
- 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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| Zealanapis conica | |