Cantuaria gilliesi

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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]

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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]

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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.
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