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Rapua australis
Rapua is a genus of spiders in the Desidae family. It was first described in 1970 by Forster. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Rapua australis, found in New Zealand.
From the article Rapua on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The male is recorded at 8mm in length whereas the female is 8.2mm. The carapace is coloured reddish brown. The legs are orange brown. The abdomen is creamy with dark patches.
Range & habitat
This species is only known from Stewart Island and the South Island of New Zealand.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 396291.