Phoroncidia quadrata is a species of cobweb spider that is endemic to 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: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Phoroncidia |
| Species: | P. quadrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Phoroncidia quadrata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
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Taxonomy
editThis species was described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from male and female specimens.[2] It was moved to the Phoroncidia genus in 1983.[3]
Description
editThe male is recorded at 1.85mm in length whereas the female is 2.23mm.[1]
Distribution
editThis species is known from scattered localities throughout New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Marples, B. J.; Mattaews, L. Harrison (1955). "A new type of web spun by spiders of the genus Ulesanis with the description of two new species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 125 (3–4): 751–760. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb00625.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brignoli, P. M. (1983). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 755 pp
- ^ 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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