Waipoua ponanga

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Waipoua ponanga
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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. ponanga
Binomial name
Waipoua ponanga
Forster & Platnick, 1985

Waipoua ponanga 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 male and female specimens collected near Taupo. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.47mm in length whereas the female is 3.16mm. The carapace and abdomen are patterned dorsally. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from near Taupo, 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". [2]

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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. 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.