Tararua puna

Tararua puna

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Tararua
Species:
T. puna
Binomial name
Tararua puna
Forster & Wilton, 1973

Tararua puna is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1973 by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton from female and male specimens.[1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000092.[3]

Description

The female is recorded at 4.20mm in length whereas the male is 4.62mm. The cephalothorax and legs are reddish brown. The abdomen is reddish brown darker bands dorsally.[1]

Distribution

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

Conservation status

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".[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309
  2. ^ Forster, Raymond R. (1973). The Spiders of New Zealand: Agelenidae, Stiphidiidae, Amphinectidae, Amaurobiidae, Neolanidae, Ctenidae, Psechridae. Otago Museum Trust Board. p. 79.
  3. ^ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  4. ^ 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.