Waiporia extensa explained

Waiporia extensa is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Ascuta extensa in 1956 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Canterbury. In 1985, it was moved into the Waiporia genus.^[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The male is 2.11mm in length whereas the female is 2.24mm. This species has yellow brown legs and an orange brown carapace with dorsal markings. The abdomen is creamy white with chevron patterns dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Canterbury, 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.