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Nanometa lagenifera
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Nanometa
Species:	N. lagenifera
Binomial name
Nanometa lagenifera (Urquhart, 1888)
Synonyms
Linyphia lagenifera Tetragnatha herbigrada Orsinome australis Orsinome herbigrada Orsinome lagenifera

Nanometa lagenifera is a species of Tetragnathidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as Linyphia lagenifera in 1888 by Arthur Urquhart from a female specimen collected in Otago. It was most recently revised in 2020, in which it was moved to the Nanometa genus. The holotype is stored in Senckenberg Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at 8mm in length, whereas the male is recorded at 7.5mm. This species has a yellow cephalothorax with a dark brown pattern. The abdomen is grey with markings dorsally.

Distribution

This species is widespread throughout New Zealand.

Conservation status

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

References

1. ^ Álvarez-Padilla, Fernando; Kallal, Robert J.; Hormiga, Gustavo (2020-02-28). "Taxonomy and Phylogenetics of Nanometinae and Other Australasian Orb-Weaving Spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2020 (438): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.438.1.1. ISSN 0003-0090.
2. Urquhart, A.T. (1888). "On new species of Araneida". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 109–125.
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.

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