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Tangata (spider)
''Tangata'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985. Species it contains seventeen species, found only in New Zealand: *'' Tangata alpina'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand *'' Tangata furcata'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''Tangata horningi'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata kohuka'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''Tangata murihiku'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata nigra'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 (type) – New Zealand *'' Tangata orepukiensis'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand *'' Tangata otago'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata parafurcata'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata plena'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand *'' Tangata pouaka'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata rakiura'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand *'' Tangata stewartensis'' (Forst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orsolobidae
Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from "Dysderidae" in 1985. Genera Most genera are endemic to New Zealand and the Australian region, but several genera occur in southern Africa and South America. , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: *'' Afrilobus'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — South Africa, Malawi *'' Anopsolobus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand *'' Ascuta'' Forster, 1956 — New Zealand *'' Australobus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Australia *'' Azanialobus'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — South Africa *'' Basibulbus'' Ott, Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 *'' Bealeyia'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand *''Calculus'' Purcell, 1910 — South Africa *'' Chileolobus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Chile *'' Cornifalx'' Hickman, 1979 — Australia *'' Dugdalea'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Robert Forster
Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educated at Victoria University College, gaining BSc, MSc(Hons) and DSc degrees. Forster was an entomologist at the National Museum in Wellington from 1940 to 1947, with an interruption for military service during World War II. Between 1942 and 1945 he served first in the army and then as a naval radar mechanic.Ray Forster obituary . International Society of Arachnology. Retrieved 14 February 2013. He was appointed zoologist and assistant director at Canterbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangata Parafurcata
''Tangata parafurcata'' is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a male specimen collected in Southland. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. Description The male is recorded at 2.28mm in length. The carapace and abdomen are patterned dorsally. Distribution This species is only known from Tuatpaere in Southland, New Zealand. Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ..., this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location". References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5517158 Spiders described in 1985 Orsolobidae Endemic spide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiders Of New Zealand
New Zealand has 1157 described spider species, with an estimated total fauna of 2000 species. Over 97 per cent are endemic, and the rest have been introduced through human activities or were natural wind-borne introductions. The New Zealand spider with the largest leg span is the Nelson cave spider ('' Spelungula cavernicola''), with a leg span of up to and a body length. The Australian white-tailed spider, first recorded in New Zealand in 1886, has been falsely attributed as the cause of many necrotising spider bites. The flat huntsman spider ('' Delena cancerides''), also from Australia, and called the Avondale spider in New Zealand, was accidentally introduced in the early 1920s, possibly in shipments of hardwood logs used for railway sleepers.Rowell and Avilés (1995). "Sociality in a bark-dwelling huntsman spider from Australia, Delena cancerides Walckenaer (Araneae: Sparassidae)". ''Insectes Sociaux''. Volume 42(3): 287-302 The huntsman spiders, which are considered har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Fauna Of New Zealand
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example ''Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. ''Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araneomorphae Genera
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin), where they point straight down. Araneomorphs comprise the vast majority of living spiders. Distinguishing characteristics Most spider species are Araneomorphae, which have fangs that face towards each other, increasing the orientations they can employ during prey capture. They have fewer book lungs (when present), and the females typically live one year. The Mygalomorphae have fangs that face towards the ground, and which are parallel to the long axis of the spider's body, thus they have only one orientation they can employ during prey capture. They have four pairs of book lungs, and the females often live many years. Image:Atrax robustus.jpg, This '' Atrax robustus'' shows the orientation of Myglamorphae fangs. Imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Orsolobidae Species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Orsolobidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Afrilobus'' ''Afrilobus'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 * '' A. australis'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — South Africa * '' A. capensis'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 (type) — South Africa * '' A. jocquei'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — Malawi ''Anopsolobus'' ''Anopsolobus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 * '' A. subterraneus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 (type) — New Zealand ''Ascuta'' '' Ascuta'' Forster, 1956 * '' A. australis'' Forster, 1956 — New Zealand * '' A. cantuaria'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand * '' A. inopinata'' Forster, 1956 — New Zealand * '' A. insula'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand * '' A. leith'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand * '' A. media'' Forster, 1956 (type) — New Zealand * '' A. monowai'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand * '' A. montana'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand * '' A. musca'' Forster & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangata Waipoua
''Tangata waipoua'' is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from female specimens collected in Northland. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015009. Description The female is recorded at 2.48mm in length. The abdomen is patterned dorsally. Distribution This species is only known from Northland, New Zealand. Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ..., this species is listed as "Not Threatened". References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2649686 Spiders described in 1985 Orsolobidae Endemic spiders of New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangata Townsendi
''Tangata townsendi'' is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a female specimen collected in Marlborough. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015008. Description The female is recorded at 2.44mm in length. The abdomen is patterned dorsally. Distribution This species is only known from Mount Stokes in Marlborough, New Zealand. Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ..., this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location". References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2119818 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangata Tautuku
''Tangata tautuku'' is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in the Catlins. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. Description The male is recorded at 2.52mm in length whereas the female is 2.60mm. The abdomen is patterned dorsally. Distribution This species is only known from Tautuku in Otago, New Zealand. Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ..., this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location". References {{Taxonbar, from=Q979431 Spiders described in 1985 Orsolobidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangata Sylvester
''Tangata sylvester'' is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from female specimens collected in Nelson. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015007. Description The female is recorded at 4.52mm in length. The abdomen is patterned dorsally. Distribution This species is only known from the Nelson region of New Zealand. Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ..., this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend". References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2540895 Spiders described in 1985 Orsolobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangata Stewartensis
''Tangata stewartensis'' is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described as ''Ascuta plena'' in 1956 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Stewart Island. In 1985, it was moved into the '' Tangata'' genus. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. Description The male is recorded at 2.03mm in length whereas the female is 2.74mm. This species has orange brown legs, a dark orange brown carapace and the abdomen has chevron marking dorsally. Distribution This species is only known from Halfmoon Bay in Stewart Island, New Zealand. Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ..., this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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