Gasparia kaiangaroa

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Gasparia kaiangaroa
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Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Toxopidae
Genus: Gasparia
Species:
G. kaiangaroa
Binomial name
Gasparia kaiangaroa
Forster, 1970

Gaspariakaiangaroa is a species of Toxopidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1970 by Ray Forster from a male specimen. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 3.52mm in length. The carapace is coloured reddish brown with pale markings. The legs are pale yellow brown. The abdomen is creamy with black markings dorsally. [1]

Distribution

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

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location". [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin3: 1-184.
  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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