''Marpissa armifera'' is a species of

jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...

that is endemic to

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

.Urquhart, A. T. (1892)
Descriptions of new species of Araneidae
''Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute'' 24: 230-253.

Taxonomy

This species was described by

Arthur Urquhart Arthur Torrane Urquhart (Switzerland, 27 October 1839 – Karaka, New Zealand, 3 October 1916) was an arachnologist and naturalist based in New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of ...

in 1892 from male and female specimens.

Description

The male is recorded at 4mm in length whereas the female is 5.6mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to 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 s ...

, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".

References

Salticidae Spiders described in 1892 Endemic spiders of New Zealand {{Jumping-spider-stub