World Spider Catalog

Genus: Pianoa Forster, 1987 | Family: Gradungulidae Forster, 1955

Pianoa civis Vink & Michalik, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066621

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Described:

Distribution: New Zealand

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (MNZ), Wellington, New Zealand m (AS.006199) - (Michalik et al., 2026)
Paratype: Zoological Institut and Museum, Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany 1m (II-52071) - (Michalik et al., 2026)
Paratype: Entomology Research Museum, Lincoln University (LUNZ), New Zealand 1m (12979) - (Michalik et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Pianoa civis Michalik et al., 2026: 9, f. 5a-d, 6a-c, 11 (Dm) Original description

References

Michalik, P., Vink, C. J., Ramírez, M. J., Dederichs, T. M., Sirvid, P. J., Pawson, S. M. & Harms, D. (2026). Alone no more – Integrative taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed spiders challenges the monotypy of Pianoa and Gradungula (Araneae: Gradungulidae). Systematic Entomology 51(1, e70006): 1-25. doi: 10.1111/syen.70006 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Michalik et al., 2026
2026-01-09	New species inserted	Michalik et al., 2026

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