| Waipoua totara | |
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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: | Orsolobidae |
| Genus: | Waipoua |
| Species: | W. totara |
| Binomial name | |
| Waipoua totara (Forster, 1956) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pounamua totara | |
Waipoua totara is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described as Pounamua totara in 1956 by Ray Forster from a male specimen collected in Rangitikei. In 1985, it was moved into Waipoua. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 1.75mm in length. The carapace and abdomen are patterned dorsally.
Distribution
This species is only known from Pohangina Valley in Rangitikei, 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", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".
References
- ^ Forster, R. R (1956). "New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 7: 89–169.
- Forster, R.R; Platnick, N.L (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.
- 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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| Waipoua totara | |
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