Amaurobioides maritima

Amaurobioides maritima
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anyphaenidae
Genus:	Amaurobioides
Species:	A. maritima
Binomial name
Amaurobioides maritima Pickard-Cambridge, 1883

Amaurobioides maritima is a species of Anyphaenidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1883 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from female specimens collected in Allday Bay. ^[2] It was most recently revised in 1970, in which the male was described. The holotype is stored in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. ^[1]

Description

The female is recorded at 13.6mm in length whereas the male is 8.45mm. This species has a reddish brown carapace and a brown abdomen that has pale chevron markings dorsally. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Otago, New Zealand. ^[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Climate Impact", "Data Poor: Trend" and "Range Restricted". ^[3]

References

1. Forster, R.R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.
2. Cambridge, O. P. (1883). "On some new Genera and Species of Spiders". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 51 (1): 352–365. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1883.tb06654.x.
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.