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Porioides rima

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Porioides rima

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: Porioides
Species:
P. rima
Binomial name
Porioides rima
(Forster, 1970)
Synonyms

Poria rima

Porioides rima is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

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This species was described as Poria rima by Ray Forster in 1970 from male and female specimens.[1] It was renamed as Porioides rima in 1989.[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.[1]

Description

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The male is recorded at 1.36mm in length whereas the female is 1.52mm. The carapace is orange. The abdomen is grey with a pattern dorsally.[1]

Distribution

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This species is only known from Fiordland, 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" and "Data Poor: Trend".[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. ^ Platnick, N. I. (1989). Advances in spider taxonomy 1981-1987: a supplement to Brignoli's A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 673 pp
  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.