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Algidiella aucklandica Rix & Harvey 2010, comb. n.

  • 1. Western Australian Museum, Welshpool DC, Perth, Australia
  • 2. Western Australian Museum, Perth, Welshpool, Australia

Description

Algidiella aucklandica (Forster, 1955), comb. n.

Figs 7K, 120–125, 126A, 126C, 126E, 138D

Textricella aucklandica Forster, 1955: 200, figs 56–60 (holotype male from Auckland Island, New Zealand, in MNZ, not examined). Brignoli, 1983: 375. Platnick, 2009.

Material examined. NEW ZEALAND: Auckland Islands: Adams Island, Magnetic Cove Station, 16.I.1966, G. Kuschel, 3♀ (AMNH); same data except 18.I.1966, 1♀ (AMNH); same data, 1♁ (AMNH); Breaksea Point, Carnely Harbour, 2.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 1♀ (AMNH); Camp Cove, Carnley Harbour, 17.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 2♀ (AMNH); same data, 1♁, 3♀ (AMNH); Fleming Plateau, 2.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 2♁, 7♀ (AMNH); Mount D’Urville, 4.I.1973, J. Farrell, 1♀ (AMNH); Ranui Cove, 27.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 1♁, 1♀ (AMNH); same data, 1♀ (AMNH); Skua Gully Flat, Carnley Harbour, 5.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 1♁, 2♀ (AMNH); same data, 2♁, 3♀ (AMNHSEM♁ ♀).

Remarks. Algidiella aucklandica is an unusual, distinctive and basal textricellin species, known only from the sub-antarctic Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand (Fig. 210).

Notes

Published as part of Rix, Michael & Harvey, Mark, 2010, The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level, pp. 1-321 in ZooKeys 36 (36) on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.36.306, http://zenodo.org/record/576620

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH
Event date
1966-01-16 , 1966-01-18 , 1973-01-04 , 1973-02-02 , 1973-02-05 , 1973-02-17 , 1973-02-27
Family
Micropholcommatidae
Genus
Algidiella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rix & Harvey
Species
aucklandica
Taxonomic status
comb. n.
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1966-01-16 , 1966-01-18 , 1973-01-04 , 1973-02-02 , 1973-02-05 , 1973-02-17 , 1973-02-27
Taxonomic concept label
Algidiella aucklandica (Rix, 2010) sec. Rix & Harvey, 2010

References

  • Forster RR (1955) Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum 2: 167 - 203.
  • Brignoli PM (1983) A Catalogue of the Araneae Described Between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 755 pp.
  • Platnick NI (2009) The World Spider Catalog, Version 10.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. http: // research. amnh. org / entomology / spiders / catalog / [accessed 20. X. 2009]