Novaranea queribunda

Novaranea queribunda
Not Threatened
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Novaranea
Species:
N. queribunda
Binomial name
Novaranea queribunda
(Keyserling, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Epeira queribunda
  • Epeira quaesita
  • Epeira laevigata
  • Epeira powelli
  • Novaranea laevigata

Novaranea queribunda is a species of Araneidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as Epeira queribunda and Epeira quaesita in 1887 by Eugen von Keyserling from female and male specimens. It was most recently revised in 1988. It was renamed as Novaranea queribunda in 2009.

Description

The female is recorded at 4.3mm in length whereas the male is 6.8mm. This species abdomen has a green/yellow band dorsally, but is brown laterally and ventrally.

Distribution

This species is widespread 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 Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 119.
  2. ↑ Koch, Ludwig; Keyserling, Eduard von; Keyserling, Eugen; Koch, Carl. (1871). Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660.
  3. ↑ Framenau, Volker W.; Scharff, Nikolaj; Levi, Herbert W. (2009-04-16). "Not from Down Under: new synonymies and combinations for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) erroneously reported from Australia". Zootaxa. 2073 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2073.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. ↑ 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.