Clynotis knoxi

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Clynotis knoxi
Status NZTCS NU.svg
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Clynotis
Species:
C. knoxi
Binomial name
Clynotis knoxi
Forster, 1964

Clynotisknoxi is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Ray Forster in 1964 from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 4.96mm in length whereas the female is 5.48mm. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Snares Islands, New Zealand. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic" and "One Location". [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1964). The Araneae and Opiliones of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Pacific Insects Monographs7: 58-115.
  2. ↑ 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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