Gohia clarki

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Gohia clarki
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Status NZTCS NU.svg
Naturally Uncommon (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: Toxopidae
Genus: Gohia
Species:
G. clarki
Binomial name
Gohia clarki
Forster, 1964

Gohia clarki 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 1964 from male and female specimens. [2] It was most recently revised in 1970. [1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration AS.000016. [3]

Description

The male is recorded at 5.59mm in length whereas the female is 5.57mm. The cephalothorax is coloured pale brown with dark shading. The legs are pale brown with dark bands. The abdomen is shaded black and has a chevron pattern dorsally. [1]

Distribution

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

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic" and "One Location". [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin3: 1-184.
  2. Forster, R. R. (1964). The Araneae and Opiliones of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Pacific Insects Monographs7: 58-115.
  3. "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  4. 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.