Pakeha tecta

Pakeha tecta is a species of Cycloctenidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Pakeha tecta
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Cycloctenidae
Genus:	Pakeha
Species:	P. tecta
Binomial name
Pakeha tecta Forster & Wilton, 1973

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1973 by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton from female specimens.^[1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000118.^[2]

Description

The female is recorded at 7.20mm in length. The carapace and legs are coloured orange brown. The abdomen is shaded blackish brown with pale markings dorsally.^[1] No descriptive details of the male were given in the original description except for figures of the male palp.^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Southland and Stewart Island, New Zealand.^[1] It has been recorded from the coast to an altitude of 1000' (304 m).

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[3]