Zealanapis conica
Appearance
Zealanapis conica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Anapidae |
Genus: | Zealanapis |
Species: | Z. conica
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Binomial name | |
Zealanapis conica (Forster, 1951)
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Synonyms | |
Chasmocephalon conicum |
Zealanapis conica is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
This species was described as Chasmocephalon conicum in 1951 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Fiordland.[2] In 1959 it was transferred to Risdonius. Then later in 1989 it was transferred to Zealanapis.[3] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.[2]
Description
The male is recorded at 1.06mm in length whereas the female is 0.91mm.[1]
Distribution
This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[4]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Forster, R.R. (1951). "New Zealand spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 5: 231–244.
- ^ Forster, R.R. (1959). "The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 86 (3/4): 269–329.
- ^ 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.