Amaurobioides picuna

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Amaurobioides picuna
Status NZTCS NU.svg
Naturally Uncommon (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: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Amaurobioides
Species:
A. picuna
Binomial name
Amaurobioides picuna
Forster, 1970

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

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1970 by Ray Forster from female and male specimens collected in Stewart Island. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

The female is recorded at 10.45mm in length whereas the male is 7.98mm. 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 Stewart Island, New Zealand. Like all Amaurobioides , it lives along the spray zone of rocky coasts. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Climate Impact" and "Range Restricted". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R.R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.
  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.


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