Jump to content

Viridictyna australis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Viridictyna australis

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: Viridictyna
Species:
V. australis
Binomial name
Viridictyna australis
Forster, 1970

Viridictyna australis is a species of Dictynidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

[edit]

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

Description

[edit]

The male is recorded at 1.62mm in length whereas the female is 2.93mm. The body is coloured green.[1]

Distribution

[edit]

This species is only known from Stewart Island and Southland, New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

[edit]

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

References

[edit]
  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.