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Euryopis nana

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Euryopis nana

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Euryopis
Species:
E. nana
Binomial name
Euryopis nana
Synonyms

Atkinsonia nana
Theridium pusillulum
Dipoena nana
Atkinia nana

Euryopis nana is a species of Theridiidae spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

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This species was described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from male specimens.[1] It was most recently revised in 1951.[2]

Distribution

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This species is only known from New Zealand.[2]

Conservation status

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Cambridge, O. P. (1879). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
  2. ^ a b Hickman, V. V. (1951). New Phoroncidiinae and the affinities of the New Zealand spider Atkinsonia nana Cambridge. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1950: 3-24
  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.