Mahura musca is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309
Taxonomy This species was described in 1973 by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton from a male specimen. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000075.
Description The male is recorded at 2.56mm in length. The cephalothorax and legs are coloured pale yellow. The abdomen is creamy.
Distribution This species is only known from Westland, New Zealand.
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".
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