Episinus antipodianus explained

Episinus antipodianus is a species of Theridiidae spider endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from female specimens.

Description

The female is recorded at 4.87mm in length. The cephalothorax is dark yellow brown. The legs are yellow with dark bands. The abdomen is yellow brown and mottled with brown and black.

Distribution

This species is only known from scattered localities throughout New Zealand.^[2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Cambridge . O. P. . 1879 . 7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . en . 47 . 1 . 681–703 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x . 0370-2774.
2. Court, D. J. (1982). Spiders from Tawhiti Rahi, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12: 359-371
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.