Dunstanoides nuntia

Dunstanoides nuntia
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Dunstanoides
Species:	D. nuntia
Binomial name
Dunstanoides nuntia (Marples, 1959)
Synonyms
Ixeuticus nuntius Marplesia nuntia

Dunstanoides nuntia is a species of Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Ixeuticusnuntius by Brian John Marples in 1959 from a female specimen. ^[2] It was most recently revised in 1973. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. ^[1]

Description

The female is recorded at 3.54mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured pale brown with shading around the eyes. The legs are pale yellow. The abdomen is pale with a chevron pattern dorsally. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Westland, New Zealand. ^[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifier of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location". ^[3]

References

1. Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin4: 1-309.
2. Marples, R. R. (1959). The dictynid spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand87: 333-361.
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.