Toxopsoides huttoni

Toxopsoides huttoni

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

Toxopsoides huttoni is a species of Toxopidae spider that is native to Australia and New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton in 1973 from female and male specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]

Description

The female is recorded at 3.87mm in length whereas the male is 3.33mm.[1]

Distribution

This species is known from Australia and New Zealand. In the latter, it is possibly an introduced species, but more research is needed to clarify on this.[2]

Conservation status

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309.
  2. ^ Smith, H. M. (2013). The spider genus Toxopsoides (Araneae: Desidae: Toxopinae): new records and species from Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 135: 19-43.
  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.