Tangata alpina

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Tangata alpina
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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: Tangata
Species:
T. alpina
Binomial name
Tangata alpina
(Forster, 1956)
Synonyms

Ascuta alpina

Tangata alpina is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Ascuta alpina in 1956 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Arthurs Pass. [1] It was moved to the Tangata genus in 1985. [2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded as 2.09mm in length whereas the female is 2.62mm. This species has pale brown legs, dark reddish brown carapace and creamy white abdomen with a chevron pattern dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Arthurs Pass, New Zealand. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
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