Episinus antipodianus is a species of Theridiidae spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]
| Episinus antipodianus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Episinus |
| Species: | E. antipodianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Episinus antipodianus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880
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Taxonomy
editThis species was described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from female specimens.[1]
Description
editThe female is recorded at 4.87mm in length. The cephalothorax is dark yellow brown. The legs are yellow with dark bands. The abdomen is yellow brown and mottled with brown and black.[1]
Distribution
editThis species is only known from scattered localities throughout New Zealand.[2][1]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Cambridge, O. P. (1879). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
- ^ Court, D. J. (1982). Spiders from Tawhiti Rahi, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12: 359-371
- ^ 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.