Turretia is a monotypic genus of Orsolobidae containing the single species, Turretia dugdalei.[2][1]

Turretia

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Turretia
Forster & Platnick, 1985[1]
Species:
T. dugdalei
Binomial name
Turretia dugdalei

Taxonomy

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This genus was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a male specimen collected in Otago. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015010.[3]

Description

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The female is recorded at 1.84mm in length. The abdomen is pale yellow.[2]

Distribution

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This species is only known from Mount Gray in Otago, New Zealand.[2]

Conservation status

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Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Turretia Forster & Platnick, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ a b c Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (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. ^ "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  4. ^ 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.