Nuisiana

Nuisiana
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Nuisiana Forster & Wilton, 1973 [1]
Species:	N. arboris
Binomial name
Nuisiana arboris (Marples, 1959)
Synonyms
Maniho arboris Forsterina arboris Matachia magna

Nuisiana is a monotypic genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders containing the single species, Nuisiana arboris. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973, ^[2] and has only been found in New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1959 by Brian John Marples from female specimens. ^[3] The Nuisiana genus was described in 1973 by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton. The holotype is stored in the Otago Museum. ^[2]

Description

The female is recorded at 12.67mm in length. The carapace and legs are coloured yellow. The abdomen is yellowish with markings dorsally. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is known from scattered localities throughout New Zealand. ^[2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". ^[4]

References

1. "Gen. Nuisiana Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-31.
2. Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.
3. Marples, R. R. (1959). The dictynid spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand87: 333-361.
4. 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.