''Colaranea verutum'' is a species of
orb-weaver spider
Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...
that is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
''Colaranea verutum'' was first described in 1887 by
Arthur Urquhart
Arthur Torrane Urquhart (1839–1919) was an arachnologist and naturalist based in New Zealand.Forster, Ray; Forster, Lyn (1999). ''Spiders Of New Zealand And Their World Wide Kin''. Otago, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. pp. 119–124. .
...
as ''Epeira verutum,'' which had three subspecies, ''E.v. astatum'', ''E.v. hastatum'' and ''E.v. lineola.''
[Urquhart, A. T. (1887). On new species of Araneida. ''Transactions of the New Zealand Institute'' 19: 72-118.]
References
Araneidae
Spiders described in 1887
Spiders of New Zealand
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