Mangua forsteri

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Mangua forsteri
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Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Genus: Mangua
Species:
M. forsteri
Binomial name
Mangua forsteri
(Brignoli, 1983)
Synonyms
  • Linyphia setosa
  • Linyphia forsteri

Mangua forsteri is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Linyphia setosa in 1964 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens. [2] The species name was changed to Linyphia forsteri in 1983. [3] It was most recently revised in 1990, in which it was moved to the Mangua genus. [1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000108. [4]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.14mm in length whereas the female is 1.66mm. The male has a dark brown cephalothorax and dark brown legs. The abdomen is black brown and has a pale pattern dorsally. [2]

Distribution

This species is known from the subantarctic Campbell Island and Auckland Islands in New Zealand. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Coddington, J. (1990). A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History193: 1-116
  2. 1 2 Forster, R. R. (1964b). The Araneae and Opiliones of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Pacific Insects Monographs7: 58-115
  3. ↑ Brignoli, P. M. (1983c). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981 . Manchester University Press, 755 pp
  4. ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  5. ↑ 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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