Waiporia hornabrooki explained

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

Taxonomy

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

Description

The male is recorded at 1.93mm in length whereas the female is 2.62mm. This species has light brown legs and brown carapace with marking around the eyes. The abdomen has chevron patterns dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".^[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.