Pua novaezealandiae

Pua novaezealandiae
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anapidae
Genus:	Pua Forster, 1959 [1]
Species:	P. novaezealandiae
Binomial name
Pua novaezealandiae Forster, 1959 [1]

Pua novaezealandiae is a species of spiders in the family Anapidae. It is the only species in the genus Pua. It is found only in New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1959 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. ^[2]

Description

The male is recorded at 0.82mm in length whereas the female is 0.90mm. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is known from the North Island and South Island of New Zealand. ^[3]

Conservation status

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

References

1. "Gen. Pua Forster, 1959", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-03
2. Forster, R.R. (1959). "The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 86 (3/4): 269–329.
3. Rix, Michael; Harvey, Mark (2010-02-22). "The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". ZooKeys (36): 1–321. Bibcode:2010ZooK...36....1R. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.36.306 . hdl: 2440/86515 . ISSN   1313-2970.
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.