Australomimetus mendicus is a species of Mimetidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
| Australomimetus mendicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mimetidae |
| Genus: | Australomimetus |
| Species: | A. mendicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Australomimetus mendicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mimetus mendicus | |
Taxonomy
editThis species was described as Mimetus mendicus in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.[2] It was most recently transferred to the Australomimetus in 2009.[3]
Description
editThe cephalothorax is orange to yellow coloured with a black marking dorsally. Similarly, the legs are orange with black bands. The abdomen has a mottled black, red and white pattern.[4]
Distribution
editThis species is known from both islands of New Zealand.[4]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[5]
References
edit- ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ Cambridge, O. P. (1880). "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.
- ^ Harms, D; Harvey, M (2009). "Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna". Invertebrate Systematics. 23 (3): 231–280. doi:10.1071/is08015.
- ^ a b Chamberlain, G (1946). "Revision of the Araneae of New Zealand. Part II". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 85–97.
- ^ 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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