Zealanapis matua

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Zealanapis matua
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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: Anapidae
Genus: Zealanapis
Species:
Z. matua
Binomial name
Zealanapis matua
Platnick & Forster, 1989

Zealanapis matua is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described in 1989 by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected on Secretary Island. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. [1]

Description

The male is recorded at 0.84mm in length whereas the female is 0.96mm. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, 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 Platnick, N.I.; Forster, R.R. (1989). "A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 190: 1–139.
  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.