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Parafroneta persimilis

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Species of spider

Parafroneta persimilis
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: Linyphiidae
Genus: Parafroneta
Species: P. persimilis
Binomial name
Parafroneta persimilis
Blest, 1979

Parafroneta persimilis is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1979 by A.D Blest from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 3.24mm in length whereas the female is 3mm. This species has an orange brown cephalothorax, yellow brown legs and a grey abdomen that has white markings.

Distribution

This species is only known from Canterbury, New Zealand.

Conservation status

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

References

  1. ^ Blest, A.D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.
  2. 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
Parafroneta persimilis
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