Phoroncidia quadrata

Phoroncidia quadrata
Phoroncidia quandrata
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Phoroncidia
Species:	P. quadrata
Binomial name
Phoroncidia quadrata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
Synonyms
Stegosoma quadratum Stegosoma lacunosa Stegosoma excussa Ulesanis quadrata Ulesanis lacunosa Ulesanis excussa Ulesanis quadratum

Phoroncidia quadrata is a species of cobweb spider that is endemic to New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from male and female specimens. ^[2] It was moved to the Phoroncidia genus in 1983. ^[3]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.85mm in length whereas the female is 2.23mm. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is known from scattered localities throughout New Zealand. ^[1]

Conservation status

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

References

1. Marples, B. J.; Mattaews, L. Harrison (1955). "A new type of web spun by spiders of the genus Ulesanis with the description of two new species" . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 125 (3–4): 751–760. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb00625.x. ISSN   0370-2774.
2. Cambridge, O. P. (1879). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN   0370-2774.
3. Brignoli, P. M. (1983). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981 . Manchester University Press, 755 pp
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.