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Cycloctenus lepidus

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Cycloctenus lepidus

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cycloctenidae
Genus: Cycloctenus
Species:
C. lepidus
Binomial name
Cycloctenus lepidus
Urquhart, 1890

Cycloctenus lepidus is a species of Cycloctenidae spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

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This species was described in 1890 by Arthur Urquhart from female specimens.[2] It was most recently revised in 1979. The syntypes are stored in Canterbury Museum.[1]

Description

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The male is recorded at 7.9mm in length whereas the female is 10.3mm. This species has various brown and black markings of varying darkness throughout the body.[1]

Distribution

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This species is only known from Wellington and Manawatu in New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

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Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Forster, R. R. (1979). The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 5: 1-95
  2. ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1890c). Descriptions of new species of Araneidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 239-266, pl. 17
  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.