Cantuaria magna explained

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.

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.

Distribution

This species is only known Greymouth in Westland, 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" and "Data Poor: Trend".^[2]

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. 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.