Huara ovalis is a species of Desidae 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 Myro ovalis by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1909 from male and female specimens.Hogg, H. R. (1909). Spiders and Opiliones from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. In: The Subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Wellington 1, 155-181. It was most recently revised in 1973. The lectotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description This species is recorded at 5mm in length.
Distribution This species is only known from Snares Islands, New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic" and "One Location".
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