Notomatachia hirsuta

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Notomatachia hirsuta
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Status NZTCS NT.svg
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Notomatachia
Species:
N. hirsuta
Binomial name
Notomatachia hirsuta
(Marples, 1962)
Synonyms
  • Matachia hirsuta
  • Notiomachia hirsuta

Notomatachia hirsuta is a species of Desidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Matachia hirsuta by Brian John Marples in 1962 from male and female specimens. [2] It was most recently revised in 1970. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 6.63mm in length whereas the female is 6.29mm. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from the southern end of New Zealand's South Island. [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. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin3: 1-184.
  2. ↑ Marples, B. J. (1962). The Matachiinae, a group of cribellate spiders. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology44(301): 701-720. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1962.tb01965.x
  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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