Hexathele huttoni

This species was described in 1908 by Henry Hogg from male and female specimens originally described as Hexathele hochstetteri in a 1901 publication by the same author.{{Cite journal |last=Hogg |first=H.R. |date=1908 |title=Some Australasian spiders |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/1455 |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=335–344 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1908.tb01846.x}}{{Cite journal |last=Hogg |first=H.R. |date=1901 |title=On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/1214 |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=71 |issue=1 |pages=218–279 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08176.x|url-access=subscription }} The specimens were collected in Pahiatua. The holotype is stored in the Natural History Museum.

The male is recorded at 18.9mm in length. The carapace and legs are dark brown. The abdomen is dark brown. The female is recorded at 28.5mm in length. The carapace and legs are dark orange brown. The abdomen is dark black-brown.

This species is only known from Pahiatua, New Zealand.

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

Category:Spiders described in 1968

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