| Pahora montana | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Physoglenidae |
| Genus: | Pahora |
| Species: | P. montana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pahora montana Forster, 1990 | |
Pahora montana is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1990 by Ray Forster from female specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description
The female is recorded at 1.92mm in length. This species has a black carapace and is white between the eyes and thoracic groove. The abdomen has net like shading dorsally.
Distribution
This species is only known from Westland, 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
- ^ Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Coddington, J. (1990). A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 193: 1-116
- 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 | |
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| Pahora montana | |
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