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Arangina pluva

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Arangina pluva

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Arangina
Species:
A. pluva
Binomial name
Arangina pluva
Forster, 1970

Arangina pluva is a species of Dictynidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

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

Description

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The male is recorded at 3.91mm in length whereas the female is 5.18mm. This species has a dark brown carapace, pale yellow brown legs and mottled grey abdomen that has a faint chevron pattern dorsally.[1]

Distribution

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This species is only known from a few locations in the North Island of New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.