Colaranea verutum is a species of orb-weaver spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2]
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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: | Colaranea |
| Species: | C. verutum
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| Binomial name | |
| Colaranea verutum (Urquhart, 1887)
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Taxonomy edit
Colaranea verutum was first described in 1887 by Arthur Urquhart as Epeira verutum, which had three subspecies, E.v. astatum, E.v. hastatum and E.v. lineola. [3]
References edit
- ^ Court, D. J. & Forster, R. R. (1988). The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 68-124.
- ^ "Oldstyle id: 73bf22e3a5c9ca48e217a308870106a8". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1887). On new species of Araneida. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 19: 72-118.
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