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Waipoua gressitti

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Species of spider

Waipoua gressitti
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: Orsolobidae
Genus: Waipoua
Species: W. gressitti
Binomial name
Waipoua gressitti
(Forster, 1964)
Synonyms

Pounamua gressitti

Waipoua gressitti is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as Pounamua gressitti in 1964 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Campbell Island. In 1985, it was moved to Waipoua. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000034.

Description

The male is recorded at 2.26mm in length whereas the female is 2.47mm. This species has a yellow brown carapace and a purplish abdomen.

Distribution

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

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic" and "One Location".

References

  1. ^ Forster, R.R (1964). "The Araneae and Opiliones of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Pacific Insects Monographs. 7: 58–115.
  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. "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  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
Waipoua gressitti
Campbell Islands, New Zealand
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