Pounamuella hollowayae explained

Pounamuella hollowayae is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Pounamua hollowayi in 1956 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Fiordland. It was redescribed as Pounamuella hollowayae in 1985.^[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 1.41mm in length whereas the female is 2.01mm.

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, 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".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Forster . R. R . 1956 . New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae . Records of the Canterbury Museum . 7 . 89-169.
2. Forster . R.R . Platnick . N.L . 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 . 181 . 1-230.
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.