Clynotis saxatilis

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Clynotis saxatilis
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: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Clynotis
Species:
C. saxatilis
Binomial name
Clynotis saxatilis
(Urquhart, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Attus saxatilis

Clynotissaxatilis is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Attus saxatilis by Arthur Urquhart in 1886 from a female specimen. [1] It was most recently revised in 1935. [2]

Description

The female is recorded at 8.6mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured dark brown. The abdomen is brownish grey. [2]

Distribution

This species is only known from Canterbury and Lake Tekapo, 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. ↑ Urquhart, A. T. (1886). On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute18: 184-205.
  2. 1 2 3 Bryant, E. B. (1935). Some new and little known species of New Zealand spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum4: 71-94, pl. 10-13.
  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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