| Zearchaea clypeata | |
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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: | Mecysmaucheniidae |
| Genus: | Zearchaea |
| Species: | Z. clypeata |
| Binomial name | |
| Zearchaea clypeata Wilton, 1946 | |
Zearchaea clypeata is a species of Mecysmaucheniidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1946 by Cecil Louis Wilton from female and male specimens collected in Masterton. It was then later redescribed in 1955. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000017.
Description
The female is recorded at 2.2mm in length whereas the male is 1.5mm. This species has an orange brown cephalothorax and a creamy grey abdomen.
Distribution
This species is only known from scattered localities in the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
References
- ^ Wilton, C.L. (1946). "A new spider of the family Archaeidae from New Zealand". Dominion Museum Records in Entomology. 1: 19–26.
- ^ 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.
- "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- 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.