Bealeyia

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Bealeyia
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Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Bealeyia
Forster & Platnick, 1985 [1]
Species:
B. unicolor
Binomial name
Bealeyia unicolor
Forster & Platnick, 1985

Bealeyia is a monotypic genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family orsolobidae containing the single species, Bealeyia unicolor. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985, [2] and is only found in New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in Arthurs Pass. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [2]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.88 mm (0.113 in) in length whereas the female is 3.52 mm (0.139 in). The carapace is patterned dorsally. [2]

Distribution

This species is only known from Arthurs Pass, New Zealand. [2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Bealeyia Forster & Platnick, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.
  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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