Algidiella aucklandica ( Forster, 1955 ), 2010

Rix, Michael & Harvey, Mark, 2010, The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level, ZooKeys 36 (36), pp. 1-321 : 71-72

Algidiella aucklandica ( Forster, 1955) , comb. n.

Figs 7K, 120–125, 126A, 126C, 126E, 138D

Textricella aucklandica Forster, 1955: 200 , figs 56–60 (holotype male from Auckland Island, New Zealand, in MNZ, not examined). Brignoli, 1983: 375. Platnick, 2009.

Material examined. NEW ZEALAND: Auckland Islands: Adams Island, Magnetic Cove Station , 16.I.1966, G. Kuschel, 3♀ ( AMNH) ; same data except 18.I.1966, 1♀ ( AMNH) ; same data, 1♁ ( AMNH) ; Breaksea Point, Carnely Harbour , 2.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 1♀ ( AMNH) ; Camp Cove, Carnley Harbour , 17.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 2♀ ( AMNH) ; same data, 1♁, 3♀ ( AMNH) ; Fleming Plateau , 2.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 2♁, 7♀ ( AMNH) ; Mount D’Urville , 4.I.1973, J. Farrell, 1♀ ( AMNH) ; Ranui Cove , 27.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 1♁, 1♀ ( AMNH) ; same data, 1♀ ( AMNH) ; Skua Gully Flat, Carnley Harbour , 5.II.1973, J. Dugdale, 1♁, 2♀ ( AMNH) ; same data, 2♁, 3♀ (AMNHSEM♁ ♀) .

Remarks. Algidiella aucklandica is an unusual, distinctive and basal textricellin species, known only from the sub-antarctic Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand (Fig. 210).