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Pounamuella vulgaris

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Species of spider

Pounamuella vulgaris
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: Orsolobidae
Genus: Pounamuella
Species: P. vulgaris
Binomial name
Pounamuella vulgaris
(Forster, 1956)
Synonyms

Pounamua vulgaris

Pounamuella vulgaris is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as Pounamua vulgaris in 1956 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Fiordland. It was renamed as Pounamuella vulgaris in 1985. It is the type species for the Pounamuella genus. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 1.63mm in length whereas the female is 1.92mm. The male is coloured with pale brown legs, pale brown carapace with some purple shading and the abdomen has some purple pigment.

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand.

Conservation status

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

References

  1. ^ Forster, R. R (1956). "New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 7: 89–169.
  2. Forster, R.R; Platnick, N.L (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.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Pounamuella vulgaris


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