Panoa mora

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Panoa mora
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Status NZTCS DD.svg
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Panoa
Species:
P. mora
Binomial name
Panoa mora
Forster, 1970

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

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Ray Forster in 1970 from a female specimen. [1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000072. [2]

Description

The female is recorded at 4.84mm in length. The carapace and legs are dark reddish brown. The abdomen is cream with a dark patch dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Nelson, 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". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin3: 1-184.
  2. ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  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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