Zearchaea clypeata

Zearchaea clypeata
Not Threatened
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Mecysmaucheniidae
Genus: Zearchaea
Species:
Z. clypeata
Binomial name
Zearchaea clypeata
Wilton, 1946

Zearchaea clypeata is a species of Mecysmaucheniidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1946 by Cecil Louis Wilton from female and male specimens collected in Masterton. It was then later redescribed in 1955. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000017.

Description

The female is recorded at 2.2mm in length whereas the male is 1.5mm. This species has an orange brown cephalothorax and a creamy grey abdomen.

Distribution

This species is only known from scattered localities in the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".

References

  1. 1 2 Wilton, C.L. (1946). "A new spider of the family Archaeidae from New Zealand". Dominion Museum Records in Entomology. 1: 19–26.
  2. 1 2 Forster, R.R. (1955). "Spiders of the family Archaeidae from Australia and New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 83: 391–403.
  3. ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  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.