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Genus of spiders

Turretia
Conservation status

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Turretia
Forster & Platnick, 1985
Species: T. dugdalei
Binomial name
Turretia dugdalei
Forster & Platnick, 1985

Turretia is a monotypic genus of Orsolobidae containing the single species, Turretia dugdalei.

Taxonomy

This genus was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a male specimen collected in Otago. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015010.

Description

The female is recorded at 1.84mm in length. The abdomen is pale yellow.

Distribution

This species is only known from Mount Gray in 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".

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Turretia Forster & Platnick, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (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. "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  4. 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
Turretia
Turretia dugdalei


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