Tautukua
Appearance
Tautukua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Orsolobidae |
Genus: | Tautukua Forster & Platnick, 1985[1] |
Species: | T. isolata
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Binomial name | |
Tautukua isolata |
Tautukua is a monotypic genus of Orsolobidae containing the single species, Tautukua isolata.[2][1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This genus was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from female specimens collected in the Catlins. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[2]
Description
[edit]The female is recorded at 2.80mm in length. The carapace is shaded around the eyes and the abdomen is shaded dorsally with pale markings.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This genus is only known from Tautuku in Otago, New Zealand.[2]
Conservation status
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Tautukua Forster & Platnick, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ a b c d Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.
- ^ 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.