Kapanga festiva

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Kapanga festiva
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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: Hahniidae
Genus: Kapanga
Species:
K. festiva
Binomial name
Kapanga festiva
Forster, 1970

Kapanga festiva is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

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

Description

The male is recorded at 1.38mm in length whereas the female is 1.67mm. This species has an orange brown carapace with dark patches dorsally. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen has dark markings dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Wairarapa, 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]

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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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