Adoxotoma forsteri

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Adoxotoma forsteri
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Status NZTCS NT.svg
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Adoxotoma
Species:
A. forsteri
Binomial name
Adoxotoma forsteri
Żabka, 2004

Adoxotoma forsteri is a species of Salticidae that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 2004 by Marek Michał Żabka from male and female specimens. The species name refers to Ray Forster. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

This species is roughly 3.5mm in length. This species is black and brown with white hairs. [1]

Distribution

This species is known from scattered localities throughout New Zealand. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Żabka, M. (2004). "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Zealand. Genus Adoxotoma Simon, 1909". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 54: 591–594.
  2. 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.