Zealanapis matua

Zealanapis matua
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anapidae
Genus:	Zealanapis
Species:	Z. matua
Binomial name
Zealanapis matua Platnick & Forster, 1989

Zealanapis matua is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1989 by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected on Secretary Island. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.^[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 0.84mm in length whereas the female is 0.96mm.^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand.^[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[2]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.