Novaranea queribunda
| Novaranea queribunda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Novaranea |
| Species: | N. queribunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Novaranea queribunda (Keyserling, 1887) | |
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Novaranea queribunda is a species of Araneidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described as Epeira queribunda and Epeira quaesita in 1887 by Eugen von Keyserling from female and male specimens.[2] It was most recently revised in 1988.[1] It was renamed as Novaranea queribunda in 2009.[3]
Description
[edit]The female is recorded at 4.3mm in length whereas the male is 6.8mm. This species abdomen has a green/yellow band dorsally, but is brown laterally and ventrally.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is widespread in New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 119.
- ↑ Koch, Ludwig; Keyserling, Eduard von; Keyserling, Eugen; Koch, Carl. (1871). Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660.
- ↑ Framenau, Volker W.; Scharff, Nikolaj; Levi, Herbert W. (2009-04-16). "Not from Down Under: new synonymies and combinations for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) erroneously reported from Australia". Zootaxa. 2073 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2073.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ↑ 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.
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