Waipoua totara

Waipoua totara is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Waipoua totara
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Orsolobidae
Genus:	Waipoua
Species:	W. totara
Binomial name
Waipoua totara (Forster, 1956)
Synonyms
Pounamua totara

Taxonomy

This species was described as Pounamua totara in 1956 by Ray Forster from a male specimen collected in Rangitikei.^[1] In 1985, it was moved into Waipoua.^[2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.^[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 1.75mm in length. The carapace and abdomen are patterned dorsally.^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Pohangina Valley in Rangitikei, New Zealand.^[1]

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".^[3]

References

1. Forster, R. R (1956). "New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 7: 89–169.
2. Forster, R.R; Platnick, N.L (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.
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.