Spider (Notiodrassus spp) Family Gnaphosidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Branch : Arthropoda
Sub-Branch: Chelicerata
Class: :Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder : Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Species: Notiodrassus
This species are a ground hunting spider. This small spider was found in rural Bellblock New Plymouth.
Nothing has been described of these species from the North Island.
Thanks to Phil Sirvid Curator of Te Papa's Spiders collection and Mike Fitzgerald (a research associate at the museum) for identifing this spiders species.
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