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Arangina cornigera

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Arangina cornigera

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Arangina
Species:
A. cornigera
Binomial name
Arangina cornigera
(Dalmas, 1917)
Synonyms

Dictyna cornigera
Dictyna nigella
Dictyna decolora
Arangina nigella

Arangina cornigera is a species of Dictynidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

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This species was described as "Dictyna cornigera" and "Dictyna nigella" in 1917 by Raymond Comte de Dalmas from female and male specimens collected in Canterbury.[2] It has undergone several revisions since its first description.[3][4][5] The species was most recently revised in 1970.[1] The holotype is stored in the National Museum of Natural History, France.[1]

Description

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The male is recorded at 3mm in length whereas the female is 3.12mm. The cephalothorax is sooty brown, almost black and is covered in a patch of white hairs. The abdomen is grey with chevrons dorsally.[1]

Distribution

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This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand. Like all Arangina, it lives under stones along rivers.[1]

Conservation status

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Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[6]

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. ^ Dalmas, R. de. (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
  3. ^ Chamberlain, G (1946). "Revision of the Araneae of New Zealand. Part II". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 85–97.
  4. ^ Marples, R.R. (1959). "The dictynid spiders of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 87: 333–361.
  5. ^ Lehtinen, P.T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
  6. ^ 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.