Tundra Masik Money Spider

Masikia indistincta

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Tundra Masik Money Spider
Scientific Name: 
Masikia indistincta
Synonyms: 
Masikia atra
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Arachnid (Spider)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Arachnida
Order: 
Araneae
Family: 
Linyphiidae
General Biology

Female Age at Maturity

Only the female of this species has been described to date. On Banks Island, females were collected in July (Millidge 1984).
Distribution

Distribution

The species is, to date, known in North America only from Banks Island, NWT (Millidge 1984, Loboda et al. 2013).

Number of Occurrences

There exist only two records of this species in North America, both from North America (Millidge 1984 [as synonym Masikia atra], Loboda et al. 2013). The genus name for this species comes from the Masik River on Banks Island, NWT. References: (1) Millidge, A.F. 1984. The Erigonine Spiders of North America. Part 7. Miscellaneous genera (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Journal of Arachnology, 12(2): 121-169. (2) Loboda et al. 2013. Unpublished spider data from Northern Biodiversity Program.
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Regional experts consider this species to be fairly common in the NWT in tundra habitats; however, with only two known records of this species from North America, the species has been ranked as Undetermined.
S Rank: 
S3S4
Decision Process Description: 
Originally ranked in 2010. Ranked reviewed in 2014 by R. Bennett; modified Undetermined to Secure. Rank reviewed in 2024; modified back to Undetermined from Secure given existence of only two confirmed records in North America (C. Singer).
Last Updated: 
September 17, 2024
Status Designations

Canada – Assessment by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

COSEWIC Status: 
-

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