Lamina parana

Lamina parana
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: Lamina
Species:
L. parana
Binomial name
Lamina parana
Forster, 1970

Lamina parana is a species of Toxopidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described by Ray Forster in 1970 from male specimens. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000080.

Description

The male is recorded at 2.6mm in length. When alive, the spider is bright green in colour.

Distribution

This species is only known from Nelson and Wellington, 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. ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  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.