Gasparia parva

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Gasparia parva
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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. parva
Binomial name
Gasparia parva
Forster, 1970

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

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Ray Forster in 1970 from male and female specimens. [1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000081. [2]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.8mm in length whereas the female is 3.08mm. The carapace is coloured reddish brown and is paler laterally and posteriorly. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is creamy with a chevron pattern dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Hidden Island near Stewart 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". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin3: 1-184.
  2. ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  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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