Hyperafroneta

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Hyperafroneta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Hyperafroneta
Blest, 1979[1]
Species:
H. obscura
Binomial name
Hyperafroneta obscura
Blest, 1979

Hyperafroneta is a monotypic genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders containing the single species, Hyperafroneta obscura. It was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979,[2] and has only been found in New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1979 by A.D Blest from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[2]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.2mm in length whereas the female is 2.68mm. This species has a brownish yellow cephalothorax and yellow legs. The abdomen is grey with whitish markings dorsally.[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand.[2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[3]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Hyperafroneta Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.
  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" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.

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