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Cantuaria Dendyi
''Cantuaria dendyi'' is a species of trapdoor spider in the family Idiopidae. It can be found in the South Island of New Zealand and is limited to the Christchurch and Banks Peninsula area. Taxonomy British amateur arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg described this species in 1901 as ''Maoriana dendyi'' from a specimen collected in Christchurch and sent to him by Professor Arthur Dendy. A year later, Hogg discovered that the genus name ''Maoriana'' had already been allocated to a genus of mollusc, so he renamed the species ''Cantuaria dendyi''. The genus name recalls Canterbury Province, the origin of the specimen. Other names for the genus have been '' Misgolas'' and '' Arbanitis''.World Spider Catalog. (2015). ''Cantuaria dendyi (Hogg 1901).'' Retrieved March 26, 2015, from http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/13295/Cantuaria-dendyi Valerie Todd felt the differences that Hogg had used to place ''C. dendyi'' in a new genus were not enough to separate it from the genus ''Arbanitis'', so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Roughton Hogg
Henry Roughton Hogg (9 February 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British amateur arachnologist. Biography Born in Stockwell, Surrey, he attended Uppingham School from 1859-1862, and later studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he obtained his BA in 1868 and his MA in 1873. He settled in Australia in 1873 and took up business in Melbourne, founding the firm of Hogg, Robinson & Co. He married in 1881, and in 1900 returned to England and settled in the London district of Kensington. He became chairman of Sunderland District Electric Tramways ltd and a director of Sanderson, Murray & Elder Ltd. Hogg was a specialist of the spiders of Australia and New Zealand. He was a fellow and honorary treasurer of the Royal Society of Victoria, as well as a fellow of both the Zoological and Botanical Societies of London. He bequeathed his collections to the Natural History Museum of London. The genus ''Hoggicosa'' is named for the author. He died on the 30th November, 1923 and was bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantuaria
''Cantuaria'' is a genus of South Pacific armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1902. From 1985 to 2006 it was merged with former genus ''Misgolas'', now '' Arbanitis''. Species it contains forty-three species: *'' Cantuaria abdita'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria allani'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria aperta'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria apica'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria assimilis'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria borealis'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria catlinensis'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria cognata'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria collensis'' (Todd, 1945) – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria delli'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria dendyi'' (Hogg, 1901) ( type) – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria depressa'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria dunedinensis'' Forster, 1968 – New Zealand *'' Cantuaria gilliesi'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aranimermis Giganteus
''Aranimermis giganteus'' is the largest known species of Mermithidae and often infects the mygalomorph spiders of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ....Poinar, G.O. & Early, J.W. (1990)Aranimermis giganteus n. sp. (Mermithidae : Nematoda), a parasite of New Zealand mygalomorph spiders (Araneae : Arachnida).''Revue Nématol. 13''(4): 403-410. Taxonomy ''Aranimermis giganteus'' was described in 1990 from samples collected from parasitized spiders caught in traps. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5234291 Mermithidae Nematodes described in 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhabiting a broad range of environments. Less formally, they are categorized as Helminths, but are taxonomically classified along with Arthropod, arthropods, Tardigrade, tardigrades and other moulting animalia, animals in the clade Ecdysozoa, and unlike platyhelminthe, flatworms, have tubular digestion, digestive systems with openings at both ends. Like tardigrades, they have a reduced number of Hox genes, but their sister phylum Nematomorpha has kept the ancestral protostome Hox genotype, which shows that the reduction has occurred within the nematode phylum. Nematode species can be difficult to distinguish from one another. Consequently, estimates of the number of nematode species described to date vary by author and may change rapidly over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priocnemis Monachus
''Priocnemis monachus'' is a species of spider wasp endemic to New Zealand, where it is known as the black hunting wasp or ngaro wīwī. It hunts large tunnelweb or trapdoor spiders, paralysing them with its sting and storing them in burrows for its larvae to eat alive. It is the largest member of the family Pompilidae in New Zealand. Taxonomy The holotype of this species was collected by Joseph Dalton Hooker, and is in the Banks collection of the British Museum of Natural History. It is one of a number of species named but not described by Adam White, and intended to appear in the series Voyage of the Erebus and Terror, but not in fact being published there. In error, Frederick Smith in 1855 attributed the species to White, but Smith's listing of it as ''Pompilus monachus'' in his ''Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the British Museum'' is the first published description. In the years following its description, the species has been placed in the genera '' Pompilus'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manawatū-Whanganui
Manawatū-Whanganui (; spelled Manawatu-Wanganui prior to 2019) is a region in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand, whose main population centres are the cities of Palmerston North and Whanganui. It is administered by the Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council, which operates under the name Horizons Regional Council. Name In the Māori language, the name is a compound word that originates from an old Māori waiata (song). The waiata describes the search by an early ancestor, Haunui-a-Nanaia, for his wife, during which he named various waterways in the district, and says that his heart () settled or momentarily stopped () when he saw the Manawatu River. ''Whanga nui'' is a phrase meaning "big bay" or "big harbour". The first name of the European settlement at Whanganui was ''Petre'' (pronounced Peter), after Lord Petre, an officer of the New Zealand Company, but the name was never popular and was officially changed to "Wanganui" in 1854. In the local dialect, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Island, New Zealand
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest island. The world's 28th-most-populous island, Te Ika-a-Māui has a population of accounting for approximately % of the total residents of New Zealand. Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island. Naming and usage Although the island has been known as the North Island for many years, in 2009 the New Zealand Geographic Board found that, along with the South Island, the North Island had no official name. After a public consultation, the board officially n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gondwana
Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) and began to break up during the Jurassic period (about 180 million years ago). The final stages of break-up, involving the separation of Antarctica from South America (forming the Drake Passage) and Australia, occurred during the Paleogene. Gondwana was not considered a supercontinent by the earliest definition, since the landmasses of Baltica, Laurentia, and Siberia were separated from it. To differentiate it from the Indian region of the same name (see ), it is also commonly called Gondwanaland. Gondwana was formed by the accretion of several cratons. Eventually, Gondwana became the largest piece of continental crust of the Palaeozoic Era, covering an area of about , about one-fifth of the Earth's surface. During the Carboniferous Period, it merged with Laurasia to form a larger supercontinent called Pangaea. Gondwana (and Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ctenizidae
Ctenizidae is a small family of mygalomorph spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation, and silk. They may be called trapdoor spiders, as are other, similar species, such as those of the families Liphistiidae, Barychelidae, and Cyrtaucheniidae, and some species in the Idiopidae and Nemesiidae. The name comes from the distinctive behavior of the spiders to construct trapdoors, and ambush prey from beneath them. In 2018, the family Halonoproctidae was split off from the Ctenizidae. A further genus, ''Stasimopus'', was split off into its own family, Stasimopidae, in 2020. The family currently consists of two genera and five species. Etymology The name derives from Greek ''ktenizein'', meaning "combing" or "cleaning", referring to their behaviour of cleaning continuously, and the suffix "-idae", which designates belonging to a family. Taxonomy The family Ctenizidae was first described by Thorell in 1887, being based on the genus ''Cteniza' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idiopidae
Idiopidae, also known as armored trapdoor spiders, is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. They have a large body similar to tarantulas. Description In some species the males have a spur on their legs, which they will show if provoked.Find-a-spider Guide Idiopidae build burrows, and some species close these with a door. The about 2 cm long ''Prothemenops siamensis'' from Thailand builds its retreat in a streamside vertical earth bank in lower montane rain forest. Each burrow had two or three entrances that lead into a main tube. Its lateral posterior spinnerets are elongated. The oldest known idiopid, Number 16, died at the age of 43 years. Genera As of 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: *'' Arbanitis'' L. Koch, 1874 — Australia *'' Blakistonia'' Hogg, 1902 — Australia *'' Bungulla'' Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2017 — Australia *'' Cantuaria'' Hogg, 1902 — New Zealand, Australia *'' Cataxia'' Rainbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Todd Davies
Valerie Todd Davies (born 29 September 1920 in Makirikiri, near Wanganui, New Zealand, died 29 October 2012 in Brisbane, Queensland) was an arachnologist who described many species of spider. Early life Valerie Ethel Todd (later Valerie Davies after her marriage) was born 29 September 1920 in Makirikiri, near Wanganui, in New Zealand. She attended Wanganui Girls' College and then studied her BSc at Victoria University in Wellington in 1939. She continued her studies toward a MSc at Otago University in Dunedin, graduating in 1943. Her thesis researched trap-door spiders. Upon graduation she worked as a research assistant and later an assistant lecturer in zoology at Otago University. Todd was awarded a post-graduate travelling scholarship in science to Somerville College, Oxford, where she completed her PhD. She returned to Dunedin in 1948 to marry George Davies, who was a lecturer in dentistry at the University of Otago. Move to Australia The Davies family moved to Brisban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbanitis
''Arbanitis'' is a genus of Australian armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1874. Species it contains sixty-one species: *'' A. andrewsi'' ( Hogg, 1902) – Australia (South Australia) *'' A. baehrae'' (Wishart & Rowell, 2008) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. beaury'' Raven & Wishart, 2006 – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. beni'' (Wishart, 2006) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. billsheari'' (Wishart & Rowell, 2008) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. biroi'' ( Kulczyński, 1908) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. bithongabel'' (Raven & Wishart, 2006) – Australia (Queensland) *'' A. browningi'' (Wishart & Rowell, 2008) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. campbelli'' (Wishart & Rowell, 2008) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. cliffi'' (Wishart, 2006) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. crawfordorum'' (Wishart & Rowell, 2008) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. crispus'' ( Karsch, 1878) – Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
