Zearchaea fiordensis | |
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Conservation status | |
Not Threatened (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Mecysmaucheniidae |
Genus: | Zearchaea |
Species: | Z. fiordensis |
Binomial name | |
Zearchaea fiordensis Forster, 1955 |
Zearchaea fiordensis is a species of Mecysmaucheniidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1955 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in the South Island. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 1.63mm in length whereas the female is 1.57mm. This species has a yellowish brown cephalothorax, yellowish brown legs and uniform creamy white abdomen.
Distribution
This species is only known from scattered localities in the South Island of New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
References
- ^ 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.
- 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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Zearchaea fiordensis |
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