Dugdalea Explained

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

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and immature specimen collected in Inangahua. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014992.^[3]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.48mm in length. The carapace and abdomen are patterned dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known Inangahua, New Zealand.

Conservation status

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".^[4]

See also

• List of Orsolobidae species

Notes and References

1. Forster. R. R.. Platnick. N. I.. 1985. A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–230. 181. Raymond Robert Forster. Norman I. Platnick.
2. Gen. Dugdalea Forster & Platnick, 1985. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. Web site: Specimen Details . 2024-08-06 . scd.landcareresearch.co.nz.
4. 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.