Tetragnatha flavida

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Tetragnatha flavida
Status NZTCS DD.svg
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Tetragnatha
Species:
T. flavida
Binomial name
Tetragnatha flavida
Urquhart, 1891

Tetragnatha flavida is a species of Tetragnathidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1891 by Arthur Urquhart from male and female specimens. [2] It was most recently revised in 1917. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 9.1mm in length whereas the female is 10.5mm. This species has a light brownish yellow cephalothorax, straw coloured legs and an abdomen with metallic coloured flecks. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to 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" and "Data Poor: Trend". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
  2. 1 2 Urquhart, A.T. (1891). "On new species of Araneae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 23: 128–189.
  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.