Tetragnatha flavida


Tetragnatha flavida is a species of Tetragnathidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1891 by Arthur Urquhart from male and female specimens. It was most recently revised in 1917.

Description

The male is recorded at 9.1mm in length whereas the female is 10.5mm. This species has a light brownish yellow cephalothorax, straw coloured legs and an abdomen with metallic coloured flecks.

Distribution

This species is endemic to 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".