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Species of spider

Runga raroa
Conservation status

Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Genus: Runga
Species: R. raroa
Binomial name
Runga raroa
Forster, 1990

Runga raroa is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1990 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 3.86mm in length whereas the female is 3.61mm. The male carapace is yellow brown with dark band dorsally (absent in the female).

Distribution

This species is only known from Stewart Island, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifier of "Range Restricted".

References

  1. ^ Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Coddington, J. (1990). A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 193: 1-116
  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
Runga raroa
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