Laufeia aerihirta
| Laufeia aerihirta | |
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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: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Laufeia |
| Species: | L. aerihirta
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| Binomial name | |
| Laufeia aerihirta (Urquhart, 1888)
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Laufeia aerihirta is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described at Marpissa aeri-hirta by Arthur Urquhart from a female specimen.[1] It was transferred to the Laufeia genus in 1935.[2]
Description
[edit]The female is recorded at 4.5mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured blackish brown with black and copper coloured hairs. The legs abdomen is black brown and covered in black and copper yellow hairs.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from Karaka, New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Urquhart, A. T. (1888). On new species of Araneida. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 20: 109-125, pl. 11.
- ^ Bryant, E. B. (1935). Some new and little known species of New Zealand spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum 4: 71-94, pl. 10-13.
- ^ 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.
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