Hexathele exemplar
{{Short description|Species of spider}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
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| status = DD
| status_system = NZTCS
| taxon = Hexathele exemplar
| authority = Forster, 1968
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Hexathele exemplar is a species of mygalomorph 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 1960 by Arthur Parrott from female and male specimens collected in Westland.{{Cite journal |last=Parrott |first=A.W. |date=1960 |title=Notes on New Zealand mygalomorph spiders, with a description of a new species |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/3382 |journal=Records of the Canterbury Museum |volume=7 |pages=197-202}} The holotype is stored at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03018109.{{Cite web |title=Specimen Details |url=https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/NZAC03018109 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=scd.landcareresearch.co.nz}}
Description
The female is recorded at 20mm in length. The carapace and legs are reddish brown. The abdomen is greyish brown with a pair of pale areas on the antero-dorsal surface. The male is recorded at 20mm in length. The carapace and legs are dark orange brown. The abdomen is dark black brown but more pale on the antero-dorsal surface.
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