Pacificana

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Pacificana
Pacificana cockayni adult male Bounty Islands New Zealand.jpg
Adult male
Status NZTCS NU.svg
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Miturgidae
Genus: Pacificana
Species:
P. cockayni
Binomial name
Pacificana cockayni
Hogg, 1904 [1]

Pacificana is a genus of spiders in the family Miturgidae. It was first described in 1904 by Hogg. [2] As of 2017, it contains only one species, Pacificana cockayni, found in New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1904 by Henry Roughton Hogg from male and female specimens. [2] It was most recently revised in 1955. The type specimen is stored in Otago Museum. [3]

Description

The female is recorded at 21.5mm in length. The cephalothorax is dark brown with yellow markings dorsally. The legs are yellow and ringed with brown bands. The abdomen is has yellow and black stripes dorsally. [2]

Distribution

This species is only known from Bounty Island in New Zealand. [3]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Climate Impact", "Data Poor: Trend", "Island Endemic" and "One Location". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Miturgidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  2. 1 2 3 H.R. Hogg (January 1904). "VI.—On a new genus of spiders from Bounty Island, with remarks on a species from New Zealand". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13 (73): 65–70. doi:10.1080/00222930409487056. ISSN   0374-5481. Wikidata   Q54556459.
  3. 1 2 Forster, R. R. (1955c). Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington2: 167-203
  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.


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