Neoramia fiordensis

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Neoramia fiordensis
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Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Stiphidiidae
Genus: Neoramia
Species:
N. fiordensis
Binomial name
Neoramia fiordensis
Forster & Wilton, 1973

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

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1973 by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton from male and female specimens. [1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000025. [2]

Description

The male is recorded at 5.78mm in length whereas the female is 8.67mm. The cephalothorax is pale brown and is dark reddish brown anteriorly. The abdomen is pale with black shading dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [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. ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
  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.
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