Cycloctenus westlandicus

Cycloctenus westlandicus
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. westlandicus
Binomial name
Cycloctenus westlandicus Forster, 1964

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

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1964 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens.[2] It was most recently revised in 1979. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 11.8mm in length whereas the female is 13.5mm. This species has various brown and black markings of varying darkness throughout the body.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Westland and Fiordland 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. Forster, R. R. (1964). The spider family Toxopidae (Araneae). Annals of the Natal Museum 16: 113-151
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.