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Novanapis
Navanapis spinipes, male
Conservation status

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anapidae
Genus: Novanapis
Platnick & Forster, 1989
Species: N. spinipes
Binomial name
Novanapis spinipes
(Forster, 1951)
Synonyms

Chasmocephalon spinipes
Pseudanapis spinipes

Novanapis is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, containing the single species, Novanapis spinipes. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Raymond Robert Forster in 1989, and has only been found in New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as Chasmocephalon spinipes in 1951 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens. It was later transferred to Pseudanapis in 1959. The species was given its own genus name by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster in 1989. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 1.48mm in length whereas the female is 1.49mm. This species is coloured dark brown.

Distribution

This species is known from the North Island and most of the South Island of New Zealand.

Conservation status

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

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Forster, R.R. (1951). "New Zealand spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 5: 231–244.
  4. Forster, R.R. (1959). "The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 86 (3/4): 269–329.
  5. 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
Novanapis
Novanapis spinipes


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