Aorangia kapitiensis

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Aorangia kapitiensis
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Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Stiphidiidae
Genus: Aorangia
Species:
A. kapitiensis
Binomial name
Aorangia kapitiensis
Forster & Wilton, 1973

Aorangiakapitiensis is a species of Stiphidiidae that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton in 1973 from female specimens. [1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000057. [2]

Description

The female is recorded at 5.12mm in length. The carapace is coloured yellowish brown with dark markings. The abdomen is pale brown. [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. ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  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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