Paranapis isolata

Paranapis isolata
Naturally Uncommon
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anapidae
Genus: Paranapis
Species:
P. isolata
Binomial name
Paranapis isolata

Paranapis isolata is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1989 by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014953.

Description

The male is recorded at 1.10mm in length whereas the female is 1.35mm.

Distribution

This species is only known from Three King Islands, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic" and "Range Restricted".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Platnick, N.I.; Forster, R.R. (1989). "A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 190: 1–139.
  2. ↑ "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  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.