Prasmiola

Prasmiola
Holotype female
Nationally Critical
Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Triaenonychidae
Subfamily: Triaenonychinae
Genus: Prasmiola
Forster, 1954
Species:
P. unica
Binomial name
Prasmiola unica
Forster, 1954[2]

Prasmiola unica is the only member of the genus Prasmiola in the harvestman family Triaenonychidae. It is found near Wellington, New Zealand, and is known from a single specimen. The New Zealand Threat Classification System status for this species is 'nationally critical'.

Taxonomy

Prasmiola unica was described by Ray Forster in 1954 and is the sole member of, and type species for, the New Zealand endemic genus Prasmiola in the opilionid (harvestman) family Triaenonychidae.[2] The type specimen[3] is held at Te Papa and was featured in the book 100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa.[4]

Description

The colour of the female is pale orange-brown with faint black reticulate (net-like) markings on the upper surfaces of the chelicerae and pedipalps. The eyemound (a median tubercle with two simple eyes) is situated near the forward margin of the carapace and the upper surface of the body is covered with numerous small pustules. Prasmiola unica resembles members of the genus Prasma but can be distinguished by the lack of strong tubercles on the forward margin of the carapace and the tarsus (the furthermost part) of the first leg has more segments. The male of Prasmiola unica is unknown.[2]

Distribution

Only one collection record, from Day's Bay near Wellington, New Zealand, is known for this species. Ray Forster noted that "continuous searching in the type locality has failed to produce further material."[2] It has been photographed at least twice[5] since then, expanding the known range for this species to the Wainuiomata area. The single collecting record and two photographic observations span a period between February and July.[2][5]

Conservation status

Only the single collection record in Forster's description was known when this species was listed as 'nationally critical' in the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). It is currently one of only two Opiliones species to be assessed under this system.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Buckley, T. R.; Palma, R. L.; Johns, P. M.; Gleeson, D. M.; Heath, A. C.G.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Stringer, I. A.N. (2012). "The conservation status of small or less well known groups of New Zealand terrestrial invertebrates". New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 137–143. Bibcode:2012NZEnt..35..137B. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686319. ISSN 0077-9962.
  2. ^ a b c d e Forster, Raymond Robert (1954-07-01). "The New Zealand harvestmen (sub-order Laniatores)". Canterbury Museum Bulletin. 2: 1–329.
  3. ^ "Te Papa Collections Online: Prasmiola unica". Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. ^ Waugh, Susan M., ed. (2019-05-01). 100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa. Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-0-9941460-5-2.
  5. ^ a b "iNaturalistNZ observations of Prasmiola unica". iNaturalistNZ. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

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