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Species of spider

Subantarctia muka
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: Subantarctia
Species: S. muka
Binomial name
Subantarctia muka
Forster & Platnick, 1985

Subantarctia muka is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a female specimen collected in Northland. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015002.

Description

The female is recorded at 4.18mm in length.

Distribution

This species is only known from Mangamuka in Northland, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".

References

  1. ^ 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 2024-08-15.
  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
Subantarctia muka


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