| Rayforstia antipoda | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Anapidae |
| Genus: | Rayforstia |
| Species: | R. antipoda |
| Binomial name | |
| Rayforstia antipoda (Forster, 1959) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Textricella antipoda | |
Rayforstia antipoda is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described as Textricella antipoda in 1959 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected near Lake Hāwea. In 2010 it was transferred to Rayforstia. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 1.02mm in length whereas the female is 1.15mm. This species has a deep gold brown carapace, pale brown legs and deep gold brown abdomen.
Distribution
This species is only known from Otago, New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".
References
- ^ Rix, Michael; Harvey, Mark (2010-02-22). "The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". ZooKeys (36): 1–321. Bibcode:2010ZooK...36....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.36.306. hdl:2440/86515. ISSN 1313-2970.
- ^ 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.
- 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 | |
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| Rayforstia antipoda | |