Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Familia: Anapidae
Genus: Novanapis
Species: N. spinipes
Name
Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989
Gender
feminine
Type species
Chasmocephalon spinipes Forster, 1951, by original designation
References
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)
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
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]
Taxonomy
This 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
The male is recorded at 1.48mm in length whereas the female is 1.49mm. This species is coloured dark brown.[3]
Distribution
This species is known from the North Island and most of the South Island of New Zealand.[2]
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[5]
References
"Gen. Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
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.
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.
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