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Alistra napua

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Alistra napua

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hahniidae
Genus: Alistra
Species:
A. napua
Binomial name
Alistra napua
(Forster, 1970)
Synonyms

Tawerana napua

Alistra napua is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Tawerana napua in 1970 by Ray Forster from a male specimen.[1] In 1986 it was transferred to the Alistra genus.[2] The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]

Description

The female is recorded at 2.12mm in length. The carapace is yellow brown with black markings dorsally. The legs have black bands. The abdomen is cream with black markings dorsally.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Wellington, New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
  2. ^ Brignoli, P. M. (1986). Spiders from Melanesia III. A new Alistra (Araneae, Hahniidae) from the Solomon Islands. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 11: 327-332
  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.