Nomaua arborea

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Nomaua arborea
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Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Genus: Nomaua
Species:
N. arborea
Binomial name
Nomaua arborea
Forster, 1990

Nomaua arborea is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1988 by Ray Forster from male specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 3.32mm in length. This species has a yellow brown carapace. The abdomen is patterned 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 "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. ↑ 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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