Cantuaria magna

Cantuaria magna
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Cantuaria
Species:	C. magna
Binomial name
Cantuaria magna Forster, 1968

Cantuaria magna is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1968 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Westland. The holotype is stored at Otago Museum. ^[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 19mm in length. The carapace and legs are dark reddish brown. The abdomen is dark brown with a pale area dorsally. The female is recorded at 28.5mm in length. The female is coloured like the male, but has extra pale areas on the abdomen. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known Greymouth in Westland, New Zealand. ^[1]

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". ^[2]

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.