Jump to content

Zealanapis kuscheli

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zealanapis kuscheli

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anapidae
Genus: Zealanapis
Species:
Z. kuscheli
Binomial name
Zealanapis kuscheli

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

Taxonomy

[edit]

This species was described in 1989 by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Auckland. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014955.[2]

Description

[edit]

The male is recorded at 1.01mm in length whereas the female is 1.12mm.[1]

Distribution

[edit]

This species is only known from a couple of locations in the North Island of 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]
  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  3. ^ 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.