Cantuaria marplesi

Cantuaria marplesi is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Cantuaria marplesi
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Cantuaria
Species:	C. marplesi
Binomial name
Cantuaria marplesi (Todd, 1945)
Synonyms
Arbanitis marplesi

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1945 by Valerie Todd Davies from a female specimen in Duntroon.^[2] The species was transferred to the Cantuaria genus by Ray Forster in 1969. The holotype is stored at Otago Museum.^[1]

Description

The female is recorded at 15mm in length. The carapace and legs are orange brown. The abdomen is grey on the dorsal surface.^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Otago in New Zealand.^[1][2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Data Deficient with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".^[3]

References

1. Forster, Raymond Robert; Wilton, Cecil Louis (1968-01-01). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 2: 1–166.
2. Davies, Valerie (1944-01-01). "Systematic and Biological Account of the New Zealand Mygalomorphae (Arachnida)" (PDF). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 74: 375–407.
3. Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.