Oparara vallus
{{Short description|Species of spider}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2025}}
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{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Oparara vallus
| status = DD
| status_system = NZTCS
| authority = (Marples, 1959)
| synonyms = *Ixeuticus vallus
- Lathyarcha vallus
}}
Oparara vallus is a species of spider in the family Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). [https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/4407 The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV]. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309.
Taxonomy
This species was described as Ixeuticus vallus by Brian John Marples in 1959 from female and male specimens.Marples, R. R. (1959). [https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/3333 The dictynid spiders of New Zealand]. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87: 333-361. It was most recently revised in 1973. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description
Distribution
This species is only known from Westland, New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".{{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}}