Zearchaea clypeata
| Zearchaea clypeata | |
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| File:Zearchaea clypeata female.jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mecysmaucheniidae |
| Genus: | Zearchaea |
| Species: | Z. clypeata
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| Binomial name | |
| Zearchaea clypeata Wilton, 1946
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Zearchaea clypeata is a species of Mecysmaucheniidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]This species was described in 1946 by Cecil Louis Wilton from female and male specimens collected in Masterton.[1] It was then later redescribed in 1955.[2] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000017.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]The female is recorded at 2.2mm in length whereas the male is 1.5mm. This species has an orange brown cephalothorax and a creamy grey abdomen.[1]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species is only known from scattered localities in the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand.[2]
Conservation status
[edit | edit source]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[4]
References
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