Rhomphaea urquharti

Rhomphaea urquharti
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Rhomphaea
Species:	R. urquharti
Binomial name
Rhomphaea urquharti (Bryant, 1933)
Synonyms
Ariamnes attenuatus

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

Taxonomy

This species was described as Ariamnes attenuatus in 1887 by Elizabeth Bryant from male and female specimens. ^[1] It was most recently revised in 1933. ^[2]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.8mm in length whereas the female is 5mm. The cephalothorax is brown. The abdomen is brown and mottled silver. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from New Zealand. ^[1]

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. Urquhart, A. T. (1887). On new species of Araneida. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute19: 72-118, pl. 7-8
2. Bryant, E. B. (1933). Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum4: 1-27, pl. 1-5
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.