Kapanga grana

Kapanga grana
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Hahniidae
Genus:	Kapanga
Species:	K. grana
Binomial name
Kapanga grana Forster, 1970

Kapanga grana is a species of Dwarf sheet spider that is endemic to New Zealand

Taxonomy

This species was first described from a single male specimen by Ray Forster in 1970.[1][2] The holotype specimen was collected by Richard Dell and Beverley Holloway at Lords River, on Stewart Island, during the 1955 Dominion Museum expedition.[3]

The holotype is stored at Te Papa under registration number AS.000031.[4]

Description

The body is around 1.6mm long. The carapace is coloured dark brown and has some black shading in the head and lateral regions. The abdomen has five indistinct chevrons on the dorsal surface.[2]

Distribution

Kapanga grana is only known from Stewart Island.[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".[5]

References

1. "Kapanga grana Forster, 1970". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
2. Raymond Robert Forster (1970). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part III: Desidae, Dictynidae, Hahniidae, Amaurobioidiae, Nicodamidae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 3: 154. ISSN 0474-859X. Wikidata Q113167423. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2024.
3. "Kapanga grana Forster, 1970". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
4. "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
5. "NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 2024-07-13.