Tetragnatha nigricans

Tetragnatha nigricans

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Tetragnatha
Species:
T. nigricans
Binomial name
Tetragnatha nigricans
Dalmas, 1917

Tetragnatha nigricans is a species of Tetragnathidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1917 by Raymond Comte de Dalmas from a female specimen collected in Whanganui.[1]

Description

The female is recorded at 5mm in length.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Whanganui, New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
  2. ^ 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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