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Genus of spiders

Zeatupua
Holotype specimen
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: Physoglenidae
Genus: Zeatupua
Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009
Species: Z. forsteri
Binomial name
Zeatupua forsteri
Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009

Zeatupua is a monotypic genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae containing the single species, Zeatupua forsteri. It was first described by Fitzgerald & Sirvid in 2009, and is found in New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 2009 by Mike Fitzgerald and Phil Sirvid from male specimens. Originally placed with the Synotaxidae, it was moved to the Physoglenidae in 2017. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.001487.

Description

The male is recorded at 3.07mm in length. This species has a pale orange brown carapace and legs. The abdomen is straw coloured with dark shading and pale markings dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Wellington, 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".

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Zeatupua Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, B. M.; Sirvid, P. J. (2009). "A revision of Nomaua (Araneae: Synotaxidae) and description of a new synotaxid genus from New Zealand". Tuhinga. 20: 137–158.
  3. Dimitrov, D.; et al. (2017). "Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Cladistics. 33 (3): 242. doi:10.1111/cla.12165. PMID 34715728.
  4. "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  5. 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
Zeatupua
Zeatupua forsteri


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