Pounamuella hollowayae

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Pounamuella hollowayae
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: Orsolobidae
Genus: Pounamuella
Species:
P. hollowayae
Binomial name
Pounamuella hollowayae
(Forster, 1956)
Synonyms

Pounamua hollowayi

Pounamuella hollowayae is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Pounamua hollowayi in 1956 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Fiordland. [1] It was redescribed as Pounamuella hollowayae in 1985. [2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.41mm in length whereas the female is 2.01mm. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand. [2]

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 (1956). "New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 7: 89–169.
  2. 1 2 Forster, R.R; Platnick, N.L (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.
  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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