Neoramia hokina
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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: | Stiphidiidae |
| Genus: | Neoramia |
| Species: | N. hokina
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Neoramia hokina is a species of Stiphidiidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described from a single female specimen by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton in 1973.[1][2] The holotype specimen was collected by Richard Dell and Beverley Holloway at Mokinui Island, off Stewart Island, during the 1955 Dominion Museum expedition.[3]
The holotype specimen is stored at Te Papa under registration number AS.000043. [4]
Description
[edit]The body is almost 14mm in length. The carapace is mainly yellowish orange. The carapace becomes dark red towards the eyes. The chelicerae are dark red. The abdomen is yellowish brown. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from one location in South West Stewart Island in New Zealand.[2]
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Data Deficient with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".
References
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- ^ a b c "Neoramia hokina Forster & Wilton, 1973". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ a b c Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (30 September 1973). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part IV: Agelenidae, Stiphidiidae, Amphinectidae, Amaurobiidae, Neolanidae, Ctenidae, Psechridae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 4: 116. ISSN 0474-859X. Wikidata Q113167424. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Mamoea grandiosa Wilton & Forster, 1973". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-07-13.