''Hexathele rupicola'' is a species of
Mygalomorph spider endemic to
New Zealand.
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 female specimens collected in
Canterbury. The holotype is stored in
Canterbury Museum.
Description
The female is recorded at 19mm in length. The carapace and legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is cream with a faint chevron pattern dorsally.
Distribution
This species is only known from Canterbury, 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" and "Data Poor: Trend".
References
Spiders of New Zealand
Spiders described in 1968
rupicola
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