''Pounamuella hollowayae'' is a species of

Orsolobidae Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from "Dysderidae" in 1985. Genera Most genera are endemic to New Zeala ...

. The species is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as ''Pounamua hollowayi'' in 1956 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 male and female specimens collected in Fiordland. It was redescribed as ''Pounamuella hollowayae'' in 1985. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The male is recorded at 1.41mm in length whereas the female is 2.01mm.

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, 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 described in 1956 Spiders of New Zealand Orsolobidae Endemic spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub