Cantuaria huttoni

This species was first described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge as Arbanitis huttonii.{{Cite journal |last=Cambridge |first=O. P. |date=1879 |title=7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera |url=https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |language=en |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=681–703 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x |issn=0370-2774}} 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.

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.

This species is only known from Dunedin, New Zealand.

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Not Threatened.{{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.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}

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Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

Category:Spiders described in 1880

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