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Alistra mangareia

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Alistra mangareia

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. mangareia
Binomial name
Alistra mangareia
(Forster, 1970)
Synonyms

Tawerana mangareia

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

Taxonomy

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

Description

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The female is recorded at 1.59mm in length. The carapace is pale brown with dark markings dorsally. The legs pale yellow. The abdomen is shaded dark brown dorsally and has pale markings dorsally.[1]

Distribution

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

Conservation status

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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

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  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.