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Zealanapis waipoua

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Zealanapis waipoua

Not Threatened (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. waipoua
Binomial name
Zealanapis waipoua

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

Taxonomy

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This species was described in 1989 by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Northland. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014957.[2]

Description

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The male is recorded at 0.74mm in length whereas the female is 0.76mm.[1]

Distribution

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This species is only known from Northland, New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

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Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[3]

References

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  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.