''Neorepukia pilama'' is a species of

Agelenidae The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae. Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus ''Agelenopsis''. Nearly all Agelenidae are harmless to humans, but the bite of the hobo spider (''Era ...

that is endemic to

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

.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 Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand Arachnology, arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of The Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, a ...

and

Cecil Wilton Cecil may refer to: People with the name * Cecil (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Cecil (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Canada * Cecil, Albert ...

from a female specimen. The holotype is stored in

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under registration number AS.000085.

Description

The female is recorded at 4.56mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured pale yellow and has a dark brown band dorsally. The legs are yellow brown with dark bands. The abdomen is creamy and heavily shaded blackish brown in spots.

Distribution

This species is only known from Stephens Island, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the

New Zealand Threat Classification System The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had s ...

, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q2319469 Agelenidae Spiders described in 1973 Endemic spiders of New Zealand