Tararua celeripes 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 as Habronestes celeripes in 1891 by Arthur Urquhart from male and female specimens.Urquhart, A. T. (1891). On new species of Araneae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 23: 128-189, pl. 21. It was most recently revised in 1973. The holotype is considered lost.
Description The female is recorded at 4.00mm in length whereas the male is 4.30mm.
Distribution This species is only known from Taranaki, 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", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".
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