Clynotis saxatilis
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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: | Clynotis |
| Species: | C. saxatilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Clynotis saxatilis (Urquhart, 1886)
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Clynotis saxatilis is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described as Attus saxatilis by Arthur Urquhart in 1886 from a female specimen.[1] It was most recently revised in 1935.[2]
Description
[edit]The female is recorded at 8.6mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured dark brown. The abdomen is brownish grey.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from Canterbury and Lake Tekapo, 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".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1886). On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 18: 184-205.
- ^ a b c 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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