Zealanapis kuscheli is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
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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: | Anapidae |
| Genus: | Zealanapis |
| Species: | Z. kuscheli
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| Binomial name | |
| Zealanapis kuscheli | |
Taxonomy
editThis species was described in 1989 by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Auckland. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014955.[2]
Description
editThe male is recorded at 1.01mm in length whereas the female is 1.12mm.[1]
Distribution
editThis species is only known from a couple of locations in the North Island of New Zealand.[1]
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 c Platnick, N.I.; Forster, R.R. (1989). "A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 190: 1–139.
- ^ "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ 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.