Cantuaria toddae
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
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| status = DD
| status_system = NZTCS
| taxon = Cantuaria toddae
| authority = Forster, 1968
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Cantuaria toddae 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 as Cantuaria toddi in 1968 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens collected in Central Otago. The species name was changed to Cantuaria toddae in 1983.{{Cite journal |last=Opell |first=Review By: Brent D. |date=1983-01-01 |title=A Catalogue of the Araneae Described between 1940 and 1981 by P. M. Brignoli, P. Merrett |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/5718 |journal=Journal of Arachnology |language=English |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=456–456}} The holotype is stored at Otago Museum.
Description
Distribution
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}}
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Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand