Tinytrella
| Tinytrella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Anapidae |
| Genus: | Tinytrella |
| Species: | T. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Tinytrella pusilla | |
Tinytrella is a genus of spiders in the family Anapidae. It was first described in 2010 by Rix & Harvey. As of 2017[update], it contains only one species, Tinytrella pusilla, found in New Zealand.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described by Ray Forster in 1959 from male and female specimens.[3] The species named was most to Tinytrella, a genus created just for this species.[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description
[edit]The male is recorded at 0.85mm in length whereas the female is 0.89mm.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is known from scattered localities throughout New Zealand.[3]
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Anapidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- 1 2 Rix, Michael; Harvey, Mark (2010-02-22). "The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". ZooKeys (36): 1–321. Bibcode:2010ZooK...36....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.36.306. hdl:2440/86515. ISSN 1313-2970.
- 1 2 3 Forster, R. R. (1959). The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86(3/4): 269-329.
- ↑ 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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