Cantuaria gilliesi

Last updated

Cantuaria gilliesi
Status NZTCS DD.svg
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Cantuaria
Species:
C. gilliesi
Binomial name
Cantuaria gilliesi
Synonyms

Nemesia gilliesii
Arbanitis gilliesi

Cantuaria gilliesi is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand. [1]

Contents

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1878 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge as Nemesia gilliesii. [2] It was then transferred to the Arbanitis in 1892. [3] The species was later transferred to the Cantuaria genus by Ray Forster in 1968. [1] The lectotype is stored at Oxford University Museum of Natural History under registration number 0030.2. [4]

Description

The female has been recorded at 18.4mm in length. The carapace and legs are orange brown. The abdomen is cream with chevron patterns dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from near Oamaru in Otago, New Zealand. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Data Deficient with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend". [5]

Related Research Articles

<i>Cantuaria</i> Genus of spiders

Cantuaria is a genus of South Pacific armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1902. From 1985 to 2006 it was merged with former genus Misgolas, now Arbanitis.

Cantuaria aperta is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria apica is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria cognata is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria collensis is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria depressa is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria dunedinensis is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria grandis is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria huttoni is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria kakahuensis is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria kakanuiensis is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria magna is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria marplesi is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria maxima is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria medialis is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria pilama is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria prina is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria reducta is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria secunda is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

Cantuaria sinclairi is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, Raymond Robert; Wilton, Cecil Louis (1968-01-01). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 2: 1–166.
  2. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, Octavius (1877). "On a new species of trap-door spider from New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 10: 281–287.
  3. ↑ Simon, Eugène; Simon, Eugène (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées (2. éd. ed.). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  4. ↑ "O.U.M.N.H. Entomology : Databases". www.oum.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  5. ↑ 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.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.