Novanapis

Novanapis is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, containing the single species, Novanapis spinipes. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Raymond Robert Forster in 1989,^[2] and has only been found in New Zealand.^[1]

Novanapis
Navanapis spinipes, male
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anapidae
Genus:	Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989[1]
Species:	N. spinipes
Binomial name
Novanapis spinipes (Forster, 1951)
Synonyms
Chasmocephalon spinipes Pseudanapis spinipes

Taxonomy

This species was described as Chasmocephalon spinipes in 1951 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens.^[3] It was later transferred to Pseudanapis in 1959.^[4] The species was given its own genus name by Norman Platnick and Ray Forster in 1989.^[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.^[3]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.48mm in length whereas the female is 1.49mm. This species is coloured dark brown.^[3]

Distribution

This species is known from the North Island and most of the South Island of New Zealand.^[2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[5]