Neoramia finschi explained

Neoramia finschi is a species of stiphidiidae that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Amaurobius finschii in 1872 by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch from a male specimen.^[2] It was most recently revised in 1973, in which it was moved to the Neoramia genus. The plesiotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at in length. The cephalothorax is coloured orange and darker anteriorly. The legs are cream with dark bands. The abdomen has a pale region anteriorly that fades posteriorly.

Distribution

This species is only known from Auckland, 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" and "Data Poor: Trend".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309
2. Book: Koch, Ludwig . Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet . Keyserling . Eduard von . Keyserling . Eugen . Koch . Carl. . 1871 . Verlag von Bauer & Raspe . Nürnberg . 10.5962/bhl.title.121660.
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.