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Species of spider

Waiporia hawea
Conservation status

Relict (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Waiporia
Species: W. hawea
Binomial name
Waiporia hawea
Forster & Platnick, 1985

Waiporia hawea is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in Central Otago. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 2.08mm in length whereas the female is 2.24mm. This species is patterned dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from near Lake Hawea in Central Otago.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Relict" with the qualifier "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. 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
Waiporia hawea
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