Waipoua otiana

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Waipoua otiana
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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: Waipoua
Species:
W. otiana
Binomial name
Waipoua otiana
Forster & Platnick, 1985

Waipoua otiana is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a female specimen collected on Mount Taranaki. [1] The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015014. [2]

Description

The female is recorded at 2.96mm in length. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Mount Taranaki, 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", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. ↑ "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  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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