''Clubiona chathamensis'' is a species of

Clubionidae The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae are nocturnal, sac-building hunting spiders with a near-worldwide distribution. Their sacs, silken retreats in which they hide during the day, may be made in a variety of places, including between folded ...

spider 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. (1979)
The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae
''Otago Museum Bulletin'' 5: 1-95

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1905 by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...

from male specimens.Simon, E. (1905d)
Arachnides des îles Chatham. (Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. Schauinsland 1896-1897)
''Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere'' 21: 415-424 In 1979, it was hypothesized to be a synonym of ''

Otagoa chathamensis ''Otagoa chathamensis'' is a species of Toxopidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970)The spiders of New Zealand. Part III ''Otago Museum Bulletin'' 3: 1-184. Taxonomy This species was described by Ray Forster in 1970 from ...

'', although this hasn't been validated.

Description

The male is recorded at 5mm in length.

Distribution

This species is only known from

Chatham Island Chatham Island ( ) ( Moriori: , 'Misty Sun'; ) is the largest island of the Chatham Islands group, in the south Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of New Zealand's South Island. It is said to be "halfway between the equator and the pole, a ...

, 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 Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".

References

chathamensis Endemic spiders of New Zealand Spiders described in 1905 {{Clubionidae-stub