Clubiona blesti

Clubiona blesti

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Clubionidae
Genus: Clubiona
Species:
C. blesti
Binomial name
Clubiona blesti
Forster, 1979

Clubiona blesti is a species of Clubionidae spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1979 by Ray Forster from female specimens.[1] It was redescribed in 2012.[2] The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 6.9mm in length whereas the female is 9.7mm. The carapace and legs are yellow. The abdomen has a band dorsally and shading laterally.[1][2]

Distribution

This species is distributed throughout the South Island of New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Forster, R. R. (1979). The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 5: 1-95
  2. ^ a b Malumbres-Olarte, J. & Vink, C. (2012). Redescription of Clubiona blesti Forster, 1979 (Araneae: Clubionidae) with a preliminary molecular phylogeny of New Zealand Clubiona. Zootaxa 3277: 27-42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3277.1.2
  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.


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