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Zealanapis armata

species of arachnid

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ2256894 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zealanapis armata is a species of Anapidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as Chasmocephalon armatum in 1951 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Wellington. In 1989 it was transferred to Zealanapis. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 1.27mm in length whereas the female is 1.19mm. This species has a dark brown carapace and abdomen.

Distribution

This species is known from throughout New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".

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This entry incorporates text from “Zealanapis armata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.