Subantarctia fiordensis

Subantarctia fiordensis
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Orsolobidae
Genus:	Subantarctia
Species:	S. fiordensis
Binomial name
Subantarctia fiordensis Forster, 1956

Subantarctia fiordensis is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1956 by Ray Forster from male and immature female specimens collected in Fiordland. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. ^[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.65mm in length. Adult females are not known, but an immature female was recorded as 2.39mm in length. This species has legs that are pale reddish brown, a carapace that is reddish brown and an abdomen that is uniform white. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand. ^{[1] [2]}

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". ^[3]

References

1. Forster, R. R (1956). "New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 7: 89–169.
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.