Neoramia janus

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Neoramia janus
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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. janus
Binomial name
Neoramia janus
(Bryant, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Ixeuticus janus

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

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Ixeuticus janus in 1935 by Elizabeth Bryant from female specimens. [2] It was revised in 1973, in which it was moved to the Neoramia genus. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 7.7mm in length whereas the female is 8.2mm. The carapace is coloured pale yellow and darker anteriorly. The legs are pale yellow with dark bands. The abdomen is pale with a faint pattern dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Canterbury, 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. ↑ 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.
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