Cantuaria huttoni explained

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

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge as Arbanitis huttonii.^[2] It was transferred to the Cantuaria genus by Ray Forster 1968. Both sexes have been described. The holotype is stored at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Description

The male has been recorded at 9.8mm in length. The carapace and legs are orange brown. The abdomen is cream coloured with chevrons dorsally. The female has been recorded at 12.5mm in length. The carapace and legs are reddish brown. The abdomen is cream with chevron patterns dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Not Threatened.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Forster . Raymond Robert . Wilton . Cecil Louis . 1968-01-01 . The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae . Otago Museum bulletin . 2 . 1–166.
2. Cambridge . O. P. . 1879 . 7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . en . 47 . 1 . 681–703 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x . 0370-2774.
3. 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 . New Zealand Threat Classification Series . English . 34 . 1–37.