Bealeyia

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Bealeyia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Bealeyia
Forster & Platnick, 1985[1]
Species:
B. unicolor
Binomial name
Bealeyia unicolor

Bealeyia is a monotypic genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family orsolobidae containing the single species, Bealeyia unicolor. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985,[2] and is only found in New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

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This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in Arthurs Pass. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[2]

Description

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The male is recorded at 2.88 mm (0.113 in) in length whereas the female is 3.52 mm (0.139 in). The carapace is patterned dorsally.[2]

Distribution

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

Conservation status

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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]

See also

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References

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