Gasparia rustica

Gasparia rustica
Not Threatened
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Toxopidae
Genus: Gasparia
Species:
G. rustica
Binomial name
Gasparia rustica
Forster, 1970

Gasparia rustica is a species of Toxopidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in by Ray Forster in 1970 from male specimens.

Description

The male is recorded at 2.6mm in length. The carapace is coloured reddish brown. The legs are yellow brown whereas the abdomen is blackish brown.

Distribution

This species is only known from Otago, 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. (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.