Huara antarctica

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Huara antarctica
Status NZTCS NU.svg
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Huara
Species:
H. antarctica
Binomial name
Huara antarctica
(Berand, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Gohia antarctica
  • Chiracanthium antarcticum

Huara antarctica is a species of Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Gohia antarctica by Lucien Berland in 1931 from male and female specimens. [2] It was most recently revised in 1973. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. [1]

Description

This species is recorded at 10mm in length. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from the Auckland Islands, 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 "Range Restricted". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin4: 1-309.
  2. ↑ Berland, L. (1931). Araignées des Iles Auckland et Campbell. Records of the Canterbury Museum3: 357-365.
  3. ↑ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (1 January 2020). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.
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