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Hexathele huttoni

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Hexathele huttoni

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Hexathelidae
Genus: Hexathele
Species:
H. huttoni
Binomial name
Hexathele huttoni
Hogg, 1908

Hexathele huttoni is a species of Mygalomorph spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

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This species was described in 1908 by Henry Hogg from male and female specimens originally described as Hexathele hochstetteri in a 1901 publication by the same author.[2][3] The specimens were collected in Pahiatua. The holotype is stored in the Natural History Museum.[1]

Description

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The male is recorded at 18.9mm in length. The carapace and legs are dark brown. The abdomen is dark brown. The female is recorded at 28.5mm in length. The carapace and legs are dark orange brown. The abdomen is dark black-brown.[1]

Distribution

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This species is only known from Pahiatua, New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

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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".[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ Hogg, H.R. (1908). "Some Australasian spiders". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 78 (2): 335–344. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1908.tb01846.x.
  3. ^ Hogg, H.R. (1901). "On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 71 (1): 218–279. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08176.x.
  4. ^ 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.