Waitkera waitakerensis

Waitkera waitakerensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uloboroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Uloboroidea

Familia: Uloboridae
Genus: Waitkera
Species: Waitkera waitakerensis

Name

• Waitkera waitakerensis (Chamberlain, 1946)
  • Authority for current placement: Opell, 1979: 476
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Incorrect subsequent spelling: Waitkera waitkerensis: Opell, 1979: 476
  • Obsolete combination: Tangaroa waitakerensis
  • Original combination: Uloborus waitakerensis
  • Original genus: Uloborus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: adult female
    • Repository: [MONZ AS.000124, ex 'author's collection'
  • Type locality: 'Watershed Reserve, Waitakere hills, Auckland'

References

Primary references

• Chamberlain, G. 1946: Revision of the Araneae of New Zealand. Part II. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3(2): 85–97. [Publication date: '28 February 1946', sourced from title page of volume] BUGZ [first availability, see p. 90 and figs. 1-4]

Additional references

• Opell, B.D. 1979: Revision of the genera and tropical American species of the spider family Uloboridae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 148(10): 443–549. [Publication date: '27 August 1979', sourced from title page of issue] BHL [see p. 476 and figs. 23-31, map 1]
• Opell, B.D. 1992: Web-monitoring force exerted by the spider Waitkera waitakerensis (Uloboridae). Journal of arachnology, 20(2): 146–147. JSTOR PDF
• Opell, B.D. 2006: Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the parallel evolution of rock ecomorphs in the New Zealand orb-weaving spider Waitkera waitakerensis (family Uloboridae). Journal of arachnology, 34(2): 467–475. DOI: 10.1636/04-94.1 JSTOR PDF
• Opell, B.D.; Berger, A.M.; Shaffer, R.S. 2007: The body size of the New Zealand orb-weaving spider Waitkera waitakerensis (Uloboridae) is directly related to temperature and affects fecundity. Invertebrate biology, 126(2): 183–190. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00088.x
• A comparison of capture thread and architectural features of deinopoid and araneoid orb-webs.
• How spider anatomy and thread configuration shape the stickiness of cribellar prey capture threads.