Tautukua Explained

Tautukua is a monotypic genus of Orsolobidae containing the single species, Tautukua isolata.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

This genus was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from female specimens collected in the Catlins. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at 2.80mm in length. The carapace is shaded around the eyes and the abdomen is shaded dorsally with pale markings.

Distribution

This genus is only known from Tautuku in Otago, 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]

See also

• List of Orsolobidae species

Notes and References

1. Forster . R. R. . Raymond Robert Forster . Platnick . N. I. . Norman I. Platnick . 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.
2. Gen. Tautukua Forster & Platnick, 1985. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
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.