| Pahora rakiura | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Not Threatened (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. rakiura |
| Binomial name | |
| Pahora rakiura Forster, 1990 | |
Pahora rakiura 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 2.17mm in length. This species has a brown carapace. The abdomen is brown with mottled white patches.
Distribution
This species is only known from Stewart Island and Southland in New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
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 rakiura | |
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