Migas tuhoe

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2024}}

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| image = AS000119 Migas tuhoe Wilton 1968 Te Papa 127074 262385.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = NZTCS

| taxon = Migas tuhoe

| authority = Wilton, 1968

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Migas tuhoe is a species of mygalomorph spider endemic to New Zealand.{{Cite journal |last1=Forster |first1=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 Cecil Wilton from a single female specimen collected near Lake Waikaremoana. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000119.{{Cite web |title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/127074 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}

Description

The female is recorded at 7.9mm in length. The carapace and legs are orange brown. The abdomen is purplish grey.

Distribution

This species is only known from near Lake Waikaremoana in 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:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

Category:Spiders described in 1968

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