Waiporia algida

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Waiporia algida
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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: Waiporia
Species:
W. algida
Binomial name
Waiporia algida
(Forster, 1956)
Synonyms

Ascuta algida

Waiporia algida is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Ascuta algida in 1956 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Canterbury. [1] In 1985, it was moved into the Waiporia genus. [2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.89mm in length whereas the female is 2.50mm. This species has pale yellow brown legs and an orange brown carapace with markings near the eyes. The abdomen is also creamy white with chevron patterns dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Canterbury, 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 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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