Tararua puna 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 female and male specimens. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000092.
Description The female is recorded at 4.20mm in length whereas the male is 4.62mm. The cephalothorax and legs are reddish brown. The abdomen is reddish brown darker bands dorsally.
Distribution This species is only known from Waikaremoana, 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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