Pacificana is a genus of spiders in the family Miturgidae. It was first described in 1904 by Hogg.[2] As of 2017[update], it contains only one species, Pacificana cockayni (Banded Bounty Island spider), found in New Zealand.[1]
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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: | Miturgidae |
| Genus: | Pacificana |
| Species: | P. cockayni
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| Binomial name | |
| Pacificana cockayni Hogg, 1904[1]
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Taxonomy
editThis species was described in 1904 by Henry Roughton Hogg from male and female specimens.[2] It was most recently revised in 1955. The type specimen is stored in Otago Museum.[3]
Description
editThe female is recorded at 21.5mm in length. The cephalothorax is dark brown with yellow markings dorsally. The legs are yellow and ringed with brown bands. The abdomen is has yellow and black stripes dorsally.[2]
Distribution
editThis species is only known from Bounty Island in New Zealand.[3]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Climate Impact", "Data Poor: Trend", "Island Endemic" and "One Location".[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Miturgidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- ^ a b c H.R. Hogg (January 1904). "VI.—On a new genus of spiders from Bounty Island, with remarks on a species from New Zealand". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13 (73): 65–70. doi:10.1080/00222930409487056. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q54556459.
- ^ a b Forster, R. R. (1955c). Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 2: 167-203
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Pacificana cockayni discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week,19 March 2023
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