Pararchaea

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Pararchaea
Pararchaea alba.jpg
Pararchaea alba
Status NZTCS NT.svg
Not Threatened (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: Malkaridae
Genus: Pararchaea
Forster, 1955
Species:
P. alba
Binomial name
Pararchaea alba
Forster, 1955

Pararchaea is a monotypic genus of shield spiders from New Zealand containing the single species, Pararchaea alba. [1]

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Taxonomy

This genus was described in 1955 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected from Fiordland. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. [2]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.54mm in length whereas the female is 1.74mm. This species has brown legs, a brown carapace and creamy white abdomen. [2]

Distribution

This genus is known from scattered localities in the South Island. [2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened. [3]

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References

  1. "Gen. Pararchaea Forster, 1955". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. 1 2 3 Forster, R.R. (1955). "Spiders of the family Archaeidae from Australia and New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 83: 391–403.
  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.