Bealeyia | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Orsolobidae |
Genus: | Bealeyia Forster & Platnick, 1985 |
Species: | B. unicolor |
Binomial name | |
Bealeyia unicolor Forster & Platnick, 1985 |
Bealeyia is a monotypic genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family orsolobidae containing the single species, Bealeyia unicolor. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985, and is only found in New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in Arthurs Pass. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 2.88 mm (0.113 in) in length whereas the female is 3.52 mm (0.139 in). The carapace is patterned dorsally.
Distribution
This species is only known from Arthurs Pass, 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".
See also
References
- ^ "Gen. Bealeyia Forster & Platnick, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Bealeyia | |
Bealeyia unicolor |
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