Novanapis

Novanapis
Navanapis spinipes, male
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anapidae
Genus:	Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 [1]
Species:	N. spinipes
Binomial name
Novanapis spinipes (Forster, 1951)
Synonyms
Chasmocephalon spinipes Pseudanapis spinipes

Novanapis is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, containing the single species, Novanapis spinipes. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Raymond Robert Forster in 1989, ^[2] and has only been found in New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Chasmocephalon spinipes in 1951 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens. ^[3] It was later transferred to Pseudanapis in 1959. ^[4] The species was given its own genus name by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster in 1989. ^[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. ^[3]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.48mm in length whereas the female is 1.49mm. This species is coloured dark brown. ^[3]

Distribution

This species is known from the North Island and most of the South Island of New Zealand. ^[2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". ^[5]

References

1. "Gen. Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
2. Platnick, N. I.; Forster, R. R. (1989). "A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 190: 1–139.
3. Forster, R.R. (1951). "New Zealand spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 5: 231–244.
4. Forster, R.R. (1959). "The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 86 (3/4): 269–329.
5. 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.