Amaurobioides maritima explained

Amaurobioides maritima is a species of Anyphaenidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1883 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from female specimens collected in Allday Bay.^[2] It was most recently revised in 1970, in which the male was described. The holotype is stored in Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Description

The female is recorded at 13.6mm in length whereas the male is 8.45mm. This species has a reddish brown carapace and a brown abdomen that has pale chevron markings dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Otago, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Climate Impact", "Data Poor: Trend" and "Range Restricted".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Forster . R.R. . 1970 . The spiders of New Zealand. Part III . Otago Museum Bulletin . 3 . 1-184.
2. Cambridge . O. P. . 1883 . 0n some new Genera and Species of Spiders . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . en . 51 . 1 . 352–365 . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1883.tb06654.x.
3. 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 . New Zealand Threat Classification Series . English . 34 . 1–37.