Zealanapis montana is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
| Zealanapis montana | |
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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: | Anapidae |
| Genus: | Zealanapis |
| Species: | Z. montana
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| Binomial name | |
| Zealanapis montana | |
Taxonomy
editThis species was described in 1989 by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Lewis Pass. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]
Description
editThe male is recorded at 0.77mm in length whereas the female is 0.85mm.[1]
Distribution
editThis species is only known from the northwest of the South Island and Taranaki in the North Island.[1]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Platnick, N.I.; Forster, R.R. (1989). "A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 190: 1–139.
- ^ 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.