This species was described as Amaurobius finschii in 1872 by Ludwig [Carl Christian Koch] from a malespecimen. It was most recentlyrevised in 1973, in which it was moved to the Neoramia genus. The plesiotype is stored in Tūhura [Otago Museum|Otago Museum].
Under the New Zealand [ThreatClassification System], this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".