Laufeia aerihirta

Laufeia aerihirta
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Laufeia
Species:	L. aerihirta
Binomial name
Laufeia aerihirta (Urquhart, 1888)
Synonyms
Marpissa aeri-hirta

Laufeia aerihirta is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described at Marpissa aeri-hirta by Arthur Urquhart from a female specimen. ^[1] It was transferred to the Laufeia genus in 1935. ^[2]

Description

The female is recorded at 4.5mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured blackish brown with black and copper coloured hairs. The legs abdomen is black brown and covered in black and copper yellow hairs. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Karaka, 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. Urquhart, A. T. (1888). On new species of Araneida. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute20: 109-125, pl. 11.
2. Bryant, E. B. (1935). Some new and little known species of New Zealand spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum4: 71-94, pl. 10-13.
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.