Icona alba
{{Short description|Species of spider}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Icona
| species = alba
| image = AS000002 Icona alba Forster 1956 Te Papa 125223 262223.jpg
| status = NU
| status_system = NZTCS
| authority = Forster, 1955
}}
Icona alba is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in New Zealand.https://wsc.nmbe.ch/specieslist/3496 NMBEForster, R. R. (1955). [https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/3138 Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand]. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 2: 167-203
Taxonomy
This species was described by in 1955 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens. It was most recently revised in 1964.Forster, R. R. (1964). [https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/3639 The Araneae and Opiliones of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand]. Pacific Insects Monographs 7: 58-115 The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000002.{{Cite web |title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/125223 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}
Description
Distribution
This species is only known from the Auckland Islands and Campbell Islands in New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifier of "Range Restricted".{{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:Spiders described in 1955
Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
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