Zephyrarchaea porchi
The Otway Range Assassin Spider (Zephyrarchaea porchi) is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae. It is endemic to Victoria, Australia.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Archaeidae |
| Genus: | Zephyrarchaea |
| Species: | Z. porchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Zephyrarchaea porchi | |
Taxonomy
The holotype for the species was collected near the Cape Otway Lighthouse by Dr. Nicholas Porch. The species-specific name is a patronym in his honor.[1]
Description
The length of the spider is 2.77 mm.[1]
Distribution and habitat
It is found only in the Otway Range, north of Cape Otway. The only known specimen was caught in a eucalypt forest with a dense bracken fern understory.[1]
Conservation
The abundance of protected forests near the type locality suggest that the spider is unlikely of meriting conservation concern.[1]
References
- Rix, Michael G.; Harvey, Mark S. (2012-05-07). "Australian Assassins, Part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern Australia". ZooKeys (191): 1–62. doi:10.3897/zookeys.191.3070. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3353492. PMID 22639534.
- "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
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