Tetragnatha multipunctata

Tetragnatha multipunctata is a species of Tetragnathidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Tetragnatha multipunctata
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Tetragnatha
Species:	T. multipunctata
Binomial name
Tetragnatha multipunctata Urquhart, 1891

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1891 by Arthur Urquhart from a female specimen collected in Taranaki.^[1]

Description

The female is recorded at 9.1mm in length. This species has a brownish yellow cephalothorax, deep straw coloured legs and a deep violet abdomen with silvery flecks.^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Taranaki, 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" and "Data Poor: Trend".^[2]