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Tetragnatha multipunctata

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Tetragnatha multipunctata

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Tetragnatha
Species:
T. multipunctata
Binomial name
Tetragnatha multipunctata
Urquhart, 1891

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

This species was described in 1891 by Arthur Urquhart from a female specimen collected in Taranaki.[1]

Description

The female is recorded at 9.1mm in length. This species has a brownish yellow cephalothorax, deep straw coloured legs and a deep violet abdomen with silvery flecks.[1]

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