Cycloctenus lepidus

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Cycloctenus lepidus
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Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cycloctenidae
Genus: Cycloctenus
Species:
C. lepidus
Binomial name
Cycloctenus lepidus
Urquhart, 1890

Cycloctenus lepidus is a species of Cycloctenidae spider endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1890 by Arthur Urquhart from female specimens. [2] It was most recently revised in 1979. The syntypes are stored in Canterbury Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 7.9mm in length whereas the female is 10.3mm. This species has various brown and black markings of varying darkness throughout the body. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Wellington and Manawatu in New Zealand. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1979). The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae. Otago Museum Bulletin5: 1-95
  2. ↑ Urquhart, A. T. (1890c). Descriptions of new species of Araneidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute22: 239-266, pl. 17
  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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