Celaenia olivacea

Celaenia olivacea
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Celaenia
Species:	C. olivacea
Binomial name
Celaenia olivacea (Urquhart, 1885)
Synonyms
Thlaosoma olivacea

Celaenia olivacea is a species of Araneidae spider that is native to New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Thlaosoma olivacea in 1885 by Arthur Urquhart from a female specimen collected in Auckland. ^[2] The male was described in 1887. ^[3] It was transferred to the Celaenia genus in 1917. ^[1]

Description

The female is record at 5mm in length whereas the male is 1.8mm. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This species is only known from the North Island of New Zealand. ^{[2] [3]}

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". ^[4]

References

1. Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
2. Urquhart, A.T. (1885). "On the spiders of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 31–53.
3. Urquhart, A.T. (1887). "On new species of Araneida". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 19: 72–118.
4. 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.