Duripelta mawhero

Species of spider

Duripelta mawhero
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: Duripelta
Species:
D. mawhero
Binomial name
Duripelta mawhero
Forster & Platnick, 1985

Duripelta mawhero is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in Nelson and Marlborough.[1] The holotype is stored at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014995.[2]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.36mm in length whereas the female is 2.16mm.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Nelson and Marlborough in New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  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
Duripelta mawhero
  • Wikidata: Q1897345
  • ADW: Duripelta_mawhero
  • BioLib: 1036814
  • CoL: 383WL
  • EoL: 1185080
  • GBIF: 2180110
  • iNaturalist: 388783
  • IRMNG: 10524363
  • ITIS: 855402
  • NZOR: 1ae46d08-cd46-4abd-9b81-8d172c30e1e6
  • uBio: 2019862
  • WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005273


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