Forsterella
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Forsterella is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1991 by Jocqué. {{As of|2017}}, it contains only one species, Forsterella faceta, found in New Zealand.{{cite web|title=Zodariidae| website=World Spider Catalog| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| accessdate=2017-03-22| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3837}}Jocqué, R. (1991). [https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/7054 A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae)]. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 201: 1-160.
Taxonomy
This species was described by Rudy Jocqué in 1991 from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015019.{{Cite web |title=Specimen Details |url=https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/NZAC03015019 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=scd.landcareresearch.co.nz}}
Description
Distribution
This species is only known from the North Island of New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".{{Cite journal |last1=Sirvid |first1=P. J. |last2=Vink |first2=C. J. |last3=Fitzgerald |first3=B. M. |last4=Wakelin |first4=M. D. |last5=Rolfe |first5=J. |last6=Michel |first6=P. |date=2020-01-01 |title=Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020 |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}
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Category:Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
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