''Colaranea verutum'' is a species of

orb-weaver spider Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...

that is

endemic 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 els ...

to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

''Colaranea verutum'' was first described in 1887 by

Arthur Urquhart Arthur Torrane Urquhart (1839–1919) was an arachnologist and naturalist based in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () a ...

as ''Epeira verutum,'' which had three subspecies, ''E.v. astatum'', ''E.v. hastatum'' and ''E.v. lineola.'' Urquhart, A. T. (1887). On new species of Araneida. ''Transactions of the New Zealand Institute'' 19: 72-118.

References

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