Celaenia tuberosa

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Celaenia tuberosa
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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: Araneidae
Genus: Celaenia
Species:
C. tuberosa
Binomial name
Celaenia tuberosa
(Urquhart, 1889)
Synonyms

Thlaosoma tuberosa

Celaenia tuberosa is a species of Araneidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Thlaosoma tuberosa in 1889 by Arthur Urquhart from a female specimen collected in Te Karaka. [2] It was transferred to the Celaenia genus in 1917. [1]

Description

The female is recorded at 5.1 mm (0.20 in) in length. [2]

Distribution

This species is only known from Te Karaka, 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" and "Data Poor: Trend". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
  2. 1 2 3 Urquhart, A.T. (1889). "On new species of Araneida". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 134–152.
  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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