Porioides rima
| Porioides rima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Hahniidae |
| Genus: | Porioides |
| Species: | P. rima
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| Binomial name | |
| Porioides rima (Forster, 1970)
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| Synonyms | |
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Poria rima | |
Porioides rima is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described as Poria rima by Ray Forster in 1970 from male and female specimens.[1] It was renamed as Porioides rima in 1989.[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.[1]
Description
[edit]The male is recorded at 1.36mm in length whereas the female is 1.52mm. The carapace is orange. The abdomen is grey with a pattern dorsally.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]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".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
- ^ Platnick, N. I. (1989). Advances in spider taxonomy 1981-1987: a supplement to Brignoli's A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 673 pp
- ^ 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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