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Kapanga solitaria
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Hahniidae
Genus:	Kapanga
Species:	K. solitaria
Binomial name
Kapanga solitaria (Bryant, 1935)
Synonyms
Hahnia solitaria

Kapanga solitaria is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as Hahnia solitaria by Elizabeth Bryant in 1935 from female specimens. It was moved to the Kapanga genus in 1970. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at 1.86mm in length. The carapace is orange brown. The abdomen has a chevron pattern dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Canterbury, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".

References

1. ^ Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
2. Bryant, E. B. (1935). Some new and little known species of New Zealand spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum 4: 71-94, pl. 10-13
3. 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.

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