Viridictyna australis

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Viridictyna australis
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Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Viridictyna
Species:
V. australis
Binomial name
Viridictyna australis
Forster, 1970

Viridictyna australis is a species of Dictynidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1970 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected on Stewart Island. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.62mm in length whereas the female is 2.93mm. The body is coloured green. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Stewart Island and Southland, New Zealand. [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R.R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.
  2. ↑ 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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