Cycloctenus pulcher

Cycloctenus pulcher
Not Threatened
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cycloctenidae
Genus: Cycloctenus
Species:
C. pulcher
Binomial name
Cycloctenus pulcher
Urquhart, 1891

Cycloctenus pulcher is a species of Cycloctenidae spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1890 by Arthur Urquhart from a female specimen. It was most recently revised in 1979, in which the male was described. The holotype is considered lost.

Description

The male is recorded at 8.5mm in length whereas the female is 15.5mm. This species has various brown and black markings of varying darkness throughout the body.

Distribution

This species is only known from Wellington and Marlborough in New Zealand.

Conservation status

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1979). The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 5: 1-95
  2. ↑ Urquhart, A. T. (1891a). On new species of Araneae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 23: 128-189, pl. 21
  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.