| Tangata rakiura | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Orsolobidae |
| Genus: | Tangata |
| Species: | T. rakiura |
| Binomial name | |
| Tangata rakiura | |
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Tangata rakiura is a species of araneomorph spider of the genus Tangata . [1] The species is endemic to New Zealand
This species was first described from a single male by Ray Forster in 1956 and originally was named Ascuta rakiura. [2] [3] [4] It was transferred to the Tangata genus in 1985. [5] The holotype specimen was collected by Richard Dell and Beverley Holloway at Easy Cove on Stewart Island, during the 1955 Dominion Museum expedition. [6] An additional female specimen was collected from Big South Cape Island in 1969. [4]
The holotype is stored at Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000095. [7]
The body of the male is around 1.6mm in length. The carapace and legs are uniform orange brown. The abdomen is whitish with six chevron patterns on the dorsal surface. [3] The female is around 2.4mm in length. [4]
This species is only known from Easy Cove on Stewart Island and Big South Cape Island in New Zealand. [3] [4]
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". [8]
