Colaranea verutum
Appearance
Colaranea verutum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Colaranea |
Species: | C. verutum
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Binomial name | |
Colaranea verutum (Urquhart, 1887)
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Colaranea verutum is a species of orb-weaver spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Colaranea verutum was first described in 1887 by Arthur Urquhart as Epeira verutum, which had three subspecies, E.v. astatum, E.v. hastatum and E.v. lineola. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ Court, D. J. & Forster, R. R. (1988). The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 68-124.
- ^ "Oldstyle id: 73bf22e3a5c9ca48e217a308870106a8". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1887). On new species of Araneida. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 19: 72-118.