| Phoroncidia quadrata | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Not Threatened (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Phoroncidia |
| Species: | P. quadrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoroncidia quadrata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) | |
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Phoroncidia quadrata is a species of cobweb spider that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from male and female specimens. It was moved to the Phoroncidia genus in 1983.
Description
The male is recorded at 1.85mm in length whereas the female is 2.23mm.
Distribution
This species is known from scattered localities throughout New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
References
- ^ Marples, B. J.; Mattaews, L. Harrison (1955). "A new type of web spun by spiders of the genus Ulesanis with the description of two new species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 125 (3–4): 751–760. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb00625.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
- Cambridge, O. P. (1879). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
- Brignoli, P. M. (1983). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 755 pp
- 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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