Duripelta watti is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in Wellington. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014998.[2]
The male is recorded at 1.74mm in length whereas the female is 2.20mm. This species carapace, legs and abdomen are dark brown.
This species is only known from Orongorongo Valley in Wellington, New Zealand.
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifier "One Location".[3]