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Hexathele waipa

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Species of spider

Hexathele waipa
Conservation status

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Hexathelidae
Genus: Hexathele
Species: H. waipa
Binomial name
Hexathele waipa
Forster, 1968

Hexathele waipa is a species of mygalomorph spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1968 by Ray Forster from female specimens collected in Otago and Southland. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at 20mm in length. The carapace and legs are reddish brown. The abdomen with a dark central line and chevron patterns dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Otago and Southland, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Not Threatened.

References

  1. ^ Forster, Raymond Robert; Wilton, Cecil Louis (1968-01-01). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 2: 1–166.
  2. Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.
Taxon identifiers
Hexathele waipa
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