Celaenia hectori is a species of Araneidae spider that is native to New Zealand.[1]
| Celaenia hectori | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Celaenia |
| Species: | C. hectori
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| Binomial name | |
| Celaenia hectori (Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
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| Synonyms | |
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Thlaosoma hectori | |
Taxonomy
editThis species was described as Thlaosoma hectori in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from a single female specimen collected in Dunedin.[2] It was transferred to Celaenia in 1917.[1]
Description
editThis species has an olive yellowish cephalothorax and legs. The abdomen is dull yellowish with dark yellow brown shading. This species is similar to Celaenia atkinsoni, but is smaller.[2]
Distribution
editThis species is only known from Dunedin, New Zealand.[2]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
- ^ a b c Cambridge, O. P. (1879). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
- ^ 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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