Amphinecta decemmaculata

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Amphinecta decemmaculata
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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: Amphinecta
Species:
A. decemmaculata
Binomial name
Amphinecta decemmaculata
(Simon, 1898)

Amphinecta decemmaculata is a species of Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Eugène Simon in 1898. [2] It was most recently revised in 1973. The holotype is stored in the National Museum of Natural History, France. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 8.60mm in length whereas the female is 11.47mm. The carapace is coloured dark reddish brown. The legs are paler reddish brown. The abdomen is shaded grey and has pale patches dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Wellington, New Zealand. [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. ↑ Simon, E. (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second . Roret, Paris, pp. 193-380. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
  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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