Turretia

Turretia
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Orsolobidae
Genus:	Turretia Forster & Platnick, 1985 [1]
Species:	T. dugdalei
Binomial name
Turretia dugdalei Forster & Platnick, 1985

Turretia is a monotypic genus of Orsolobidae containing the single species, Turretia dugdalei. ^{[2] [1]}

Taxonomy

This genus was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a male specimen collected in Otago. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015010. ^[3]

Description

The female is recorded at 1.84mm in length. The abdomen is pale yellow. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from Mount Gray in Otago, New Zealand. ^[2]

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". ^[4]

See also

• List of Orsolobidae species

References

1. "Gen. Turretia Forster & Platnick, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-04.
2. Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (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. "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
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.