Matua festiva

Matua festiva
Data Deficit
Data Deficit (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Matua
Species:
M. festiva
Binomial name
Matua festiva
Forster, 1979

Matua festiva is a species of ground spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described by Ray Forster in 1979 from female specimens. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at 7.7mm in length. It is most similar to Matua valida.

Distribution

This species is only known from Canterbury, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".

References

  1. ↑ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Forster, R. R. (1979). The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 5: 1-95.
  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.