Rinawa cantuaria is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
Taxonomy This species was described by Ray Forster in 1970 from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description The male is recorded at 1.96mm in length whereas the female is 1.24mm. The carapace is yellow brown. The abdomen has a chevron pattern dorsally.
Distribution This species is only known from Canterbury, New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
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