Neoramia charybdis

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Neoramia charybdis
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: Stiphidiidae
Genus: Neoramia
Species:
N. charybdis
Binomial name
Neoramia charybdis
(Hogg, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Amaurobius charybdis
  • Ixeuticus charybdis
  • Oramia charybdis

Neoramia charybdis is a species of Stiphidiidae that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was first described as Amaurobius charybdis in 1910 by Henry Roughton Hogg from a male specimen. [2] It was mostly recently revised in 1973, in which it was moved to Neoramia genus. It is the type species for this genus. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

The male and female are recorded at 12.2mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured orange yellow and is darker anteriorly. The legs are yellow brown with some dark bands. The abdomen is greyish brown with pale markings dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is known from Southland, Stewart Island and Campbell Island in New Zealand. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon". [3]

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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. Hogg, H. R. (1910). Some New Zealand and Tasmanian Arachnidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute42(1909): 273-283
  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.