Novakiella
Genus of spiders
| Novakiella | |
|---|---|
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| Novakiella trituberculosa | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993[1] |
| Species: | N. trituberculosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Novakiella trituberculosa (Roewer, 1942) | |
Novakiella is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Novakiella trituberculosa that has only been found in Australia and New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Novakiella was first described by David Court & Forster in 1993 as a replacement name for Novakia.[2] The sole species N. trituberculosa was originally placed in the now obsolete genus Epeira as E. tri-tuberculata.[3] Carl Friedrich Roewer temporarily moved it to Araneus while dissolving this "catch-all" taxon,[4] and it was later placed into its own genus, Novakia,[5] later renamed to Novakiella.[2]
Description
The female is recorded at 9mm in length whereas the male is 7.2mm.[5]
Distribution
This species is native to New Zealand and Australia.[6]
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier of "Secure Overseas".[7]
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ a b Platnick, N. I. (1993). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980. ISBN 978-0-913424-10-0.
- ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1887). "On new species of Araneida". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 19: 78.
- ^ Roewer, C. F. (1942). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940.
- ^ a b Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 119.
- ^ Framenau, Volker W.; Vink, Cor J.; Scharff, Nikolaj; Baptista, Renner L. C.; Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021-07-26). "Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97 (2): 393–405. doi:10.3897/zse.97.67788. hdl:10182/14231. ISSN 1860-0743.
- ^ 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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