Australomimetus mendicus explained

Australomimetus mendicus is a species of Mimetidae that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Mimetus mendicus in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.^[2] It was most recently transferred to the Australomimetus in 2009.^[3]

Description

The cephalothorax is orange to yellow coloured with a black marking dorsally. Similarly, the legs are orange with black bands. The abdomen has a mottled black, red and white pattern.^[4]

Distribution

This species is known from both islands of New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: NMBE - World Spider Catalog . 2024-08-17 . wsc.nmbe.ch . en.
2. Cambridge . O. P. . 1880 . 7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 47 . 1 . 681–703 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x . 0370-2774.
3. Harms . D . Harvey . M . 2009 . Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna . Invertebrate Systematics . 23 . 3 . 231-280 . 10.1071/is08015.
4. Chamberlain . G . 1946 . Revision of the Araneae of New Zealand. Part II . Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 3 . 85-97.
5. 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.