Matua festiva
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| taxon = Matua festiva
| status = DD
| status_system = NZTCS
| authority = Forster, 1979
}}
Matua festiva is a species of ground spider endemic to New Zealand.{{Cite web|url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/11552|title=NMBE - World Spider Catalog|website=wsc.nmbe.ch|access-date=2019-11-27}}
Taxonomy
This species was described by Ray Forster in 1979 from female specimens. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.Forster, R. R. (1979). [https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/5145 The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae]. Otago Museum Bulletin 5: 1-95.
Description
The female is recorded at 7.7mm in length. It is most similar to Matua valida.
Distribution
This species is only known from Canterbury, 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 |last1=Sirvid |first1=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:Spiders described in 1979
Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
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