Cantuaria collensis
{{Short description|Species of spider}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = DD
| status_system = NZTCS
| taxon = Cantuaria collensis
| authority = (Todd, 1945)
}}
Cantuaria collensis is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.{{Cite journal |last=Forster |first=Raymond Robert |last2=Wilton |first2=Cecil Louis |date=1968-01-01 |title=The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113167422 |journal=Otago Museum bulletin |volume=2 |pages=1–166}}
Taxonomy
This species was originally described as Arbanitis collensis in 1945 by Valerie Todd from a female specimen collected in the Foveaux Strait.{{Cite journal |last=Davies |first=Valerie |date=1944-01-01 |title=Systematic and Biological Account of the New Zealand Mygalomorphae (Arachnida). |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89182822 |journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand |language=English |volume=74 |pages=375–407}} It was transferred to the Cantuaria genus in 1968. The holotype is stored at Otago Museum.
Description
Distribution
This species is only known from Bench Island in 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".{{Cite journal |last=Sirvid |first=P. J. |last2=Vink |first2=C. J. |last3=Fitzgerald |first3=B. M. |last4=Wakelin |first4=M. D. |last5=Rolfe |first5=J. |last6=Michel |first6=P. |date=2020-01-01 |title=Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020 |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108145483 |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}
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Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand