Hexathele waita
{{Short description|Species of spider}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
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| image = AS000123 Hexathele waita Forster 1968 Te Papa 127079 262393.jpg
| status = DD
| status_system = NZTCS
| taxon = Hexathele waita
| authority = Forster, 1968
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Hexathele waita 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 1968 by Ray Forster from a single female specimen collected in Wellington. The holotype is stored at Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000123.{{Cite web |title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/127079 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}
Description
Distribution
This species is only known from the Tararua Ranges in Wellington, 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}}
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Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand