Duripelta minuta

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Duripelta minuta
Status NZTCS NT.svg
Not Threatened (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: Orsolobidae
Genus: Duripelta
Species:
D. minuta
Binomial name
Duripelta minuta
Forster, 1956

Duripelta minuta is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1956 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Canterbury. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.4 mm (0.055 in) in length whereas the female is 1.6 mm (0.063 in). In the male, the carapace and abdomen are golden brown. In the female, the carapace is orange brown and the abdomen is creamy white. [1]

Distribution

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

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R (1956). "New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 7: 89–169.
  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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