Oramia mackerrowi

Oramia mackerrowi

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Oramia
Species:
O. mackerrowi
Binomial name
Oramia mackerrowi
(Marples, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Ixeuticus rubrioides mackerrowi

Oramia mackerrowi is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was first described as Ixeuticus rubrioides mackerrowi in 1959 from a female specimen.[2] It was most recently revised in 1973. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.[1]

Description

The female is recorded at 11.33mm in length. The carapace is yellow orange and darkens into reddish brown anteriorly. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is grey with pale markings dorsally.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand.[1]

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 d Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309
  2. ^ Marples, R. R. (1959). The dictynid spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87: 333-361.
  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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