Novaranea queribunda

Novaranea queribunda
Conservation status
	; Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Novaranea
Species:	N. queribunda
Binomial name
	Novaranea queribunda; (Keyserling, 1887)
Synonyms
	Epeira queribunda; Epeira quaesita; Epeira laevigata; Epeira powelli; Novaranea laevigata;

Novaranea queribunda is a species of Araneidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Epeira queribunda and Epeira quaesita in 1887 by Eugen von Keyserling from female and male specimens.^[2] It was most recently revised in 1988.^[1] It was renamed as Novaranea queribunda in 2009.^[3]

Description

The female is recorded at 4.3mm in length whereas the male is 6.8mm. This species abdomen has a green/yellow band dorsally, but is brown laterally and ventrally.^[1]

Distribution

This species is widespread in New Zealand.^[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 119.
^ Koch, Ludwig; Keyserling, Eduard von; Keyserling, Eugen; Koch, Carl. (1871). Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660.
^ Framenau, Volker W.; Scharff, Nikolaj; Levi, Herbert W. (2009-04-16). "Not from Down Under: new synonymies and combinations for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) erroneously reported from Australia". Zootaxa. 2073 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2073.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
^ 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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[Cour1988-1] Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 119.

[2] Koch, Ludwig; Keyserling, Eduard von; Keyserling, Eugen; Koch, Carl. (1871). Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660.

[3] Framenau, Volker W.; Scharff, Nikolaj; Levi, Herbert W. (2009-04-16). "Not from Down Under: new synonymies and combinations for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) erroneously reported from Australia". Zootaxa. 2073 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2073.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334.

[4] 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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