Cryptaranea stewartensis

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Cryptaranea stewartensis
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: Araneidae
Genus: Cryptaranea
Species:
C. stewartensis
Binomial name
Cryptaranea stewartensis
Court & Forster, 1988

Cryptaranea stewartensis is a species of orb-weaver spider that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1988 by David Court and Ray Forster from female and male specimens collected in Stewart Island. [1] The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014958. [2]

Description

The female is recorded at 6.4mm in length whereas the male is 5.7mm. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Stewart Island and its surrounding islands in New Zealand.

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Court, D. J. & Forster, R. R. (1988). The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae. Otago Museum Bulletin6: 68-124.
  2. "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  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.