Novanapis is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, containing the single species, Novanapis spinipes. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Raymond Robert Forster in 1989,[2] and has only been found in New Zealand.[1]
| Novanapis | |
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| Navanapis spinipes, male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Anapidae |
| Genus: | Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989[1] |
| Species: | N. spinipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Novanapis spinipes (Forster, 1951)
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| Synonyms | |
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Chasmocephalon spinipes | |
Taxonomy
editThis species was described as Chasmocephalon spinipes in 1951 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens.[3] It was later transferred to Pseudanapis in 1959.[4] The species was given its own genus name by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster in 1989.[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.[3]
Description
editThe male is recorded at 1.48mm in length whereas the female is 1.49mm. This species is coloured dark brown.[3]
Distribution
editThis species is known from the North Island and most of the South Island of New Zealand.[2]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Forster, R.R. (1951). "New Zealand spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 5: 231–244.
- ^ Forster, R.R. (1959). "The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 86 (3/4): 269–329.
- ^ 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.