Cantuaria lomasi

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| image = AS000058 Cantuaria lomasi Forster 1968 Te Papa 125804 262306.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = NZTCS

| taxon = Cantuaria lomasi

| authority = Forster, 1968

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Cantuaria lomasi 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://otagomuseum.nz/assets/publications/Spiders-of-New-Zealand-Part-2.pdf |journal=Otago Museum bulletin |volume=2 |pages=1–166}}

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1968 by Ray Forster from a single female specimen collected in Makarora. The holotype is stored at Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000058.{{Cite web |title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/125804 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}

Description

The female is recorded at 15.2mm in length. The carapace and legs are orange brown. The abdomen is reddish brown.

Distribution

This species is only known from Makarora 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", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".{{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}}

References

Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

Category:Spiders described in 1968

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