Pounamuella ramsayi explained

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

Taxonomy

This species was described as Pounamua vulgaris ramsayi (a subspecies) in 1956 by Ray Forster from a male specimen collected in Fiordland. This subspecies was changed to a species in 1985.^[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 1.61mm whereas the female is recorded at 2.11mm. This male is coloured with pale yellow-brown legs, a brown carapace and an nearly uniform purple abdomen. The female is similar to the male.

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand.

Conservation status

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