Phycosoma oecobioides

Phycosoma oecobioides
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:	Phycosoma
Species:	P. oecobioides
Binomial name
Phycosoma oecobioides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880
Synonyms
Trigonobothrys oecobioides

Phycosoma oecobioides 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 female specimens. ^[1] It was most recently revised in 2003 and 2004. ^{[2] [3]} The holotype is stored in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. ^[2]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.11mm in length whereas the female is 2.12mm. ^[3]

Distribution

This species is widespread throughout New Zealand, including on Chatham Island. ^[3]

Conservation status

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

References

1. 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.
2. Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2004). Notes on the genus Phycosoma Cambridge, 1879, senior synonym of Trigonobothrys Simon, 1889 (Theridiidae: Araneae). Tuhinga15: 7-12
3. Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2003). The genus Trigonobothrys in New Zealand and a redescription of Achaearanea blattea (Theridiidae: Araneae). Tuhinga14: 25-33
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.