Cantuaria marplesi
{{Short description|Species of spider}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = DD
| status_system = NZTCS
| taxon = Cantuaria marplesi
| authority = (Todd, 1945)
| synonyms = Arbanitis marplesi
}}
Cantuaria marplesi 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 1945 by Valerie Todd Davies from a female specimen in Duntroon.{{Cite journal |last=Davies |first=Valerie |date=1944-01-01 |title=Systematic and Biological Account of the New Zealand Mygalomorphae (Arachnida). |url=http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_74/rsnz_74_04_004770.pdf |journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand |language=English |volume=74 |pages=375–407}} The species was transferred to the Cantuaria genus by Ray Forster in 1969. The holotype is stored at Otago Museum.
Description
Distribution
This species is only known from Otago 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.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}
References
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Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
Category:Spiders described in 1945
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