''Hexathele putuna'' is a species of
Mygalomorph spider endemic to
New Zealand
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.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1968 by
Ray Forster
Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand.
Biography
Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educat ...
from a single female specimen collected in
Wairarapa.
The holotype is stored in
Te Papa Museum
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under registration number AS.000093.
Description
The female is recorded at 24.5mm in length. The carapace and legs are orange brown. The abdomen is dark brown with faint chevrons dorsally.
Distribution
This species is only known from Wairarapa, New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the
New Zealand Threat Classification System
The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand.
The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ...
, this species is listed as Data Deficient with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".
References
Spiders of New Zealand
Spiders described in 1968
putuna
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