Cycloctenus lepidus

Cycloctenus lepidus
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Cycloctenidae
Genus:	Cycloctenus
Species:	C. lepidus
Binomial name
Cycloctenus lepidus Urquhart, 1890

Cycloctenus lepidus is a species of Cycloctenidae spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1890 by Arthur Urquhart from female specimens.[2] It was most recently revised in 1979. The syntypes are stored in Canterbury Museum.[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 7.9mm in length whereas the female is 10.3mm. This species has various brown and black markings of varying darkness throughout the body.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Wellington and Manawatu in New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

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

References

1. Forster, R. R. (1979). The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 5: 1-95
2. Urquhart, A. T. (1890c). Descriptions of new species of Araneidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 239-266, pl. 17
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.