Akatorea gracilis

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Akatorea gracilis
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Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Akatorea
Species:
A. gracilis
Binomial name
Akatorea gracilis
(Marples, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Maniho gracilis

Akatorea gracilis is a species of Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Maniho gracilis by Brian John Marples from female specimens. [2] It was most recently revised in 1973. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

The female is recorded at 9.39mm in length. The carapace is coloured orange yellow. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is grey with a cross pattern dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Stewart Island and the southern end of New Zealand's South Island. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin4: 1-309.
  2. ↑ Marples, R. R. (1959). The dictynid spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand87: 333-361.
  3. ↑ 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.
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