Tangata sylvester is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from female specimens collected in Nelson. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03015007.

Description The female is recorded at 4.52mm in length. The abdomen is patterned dorsally.

Distribution This species is only known from the Nelson region of 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".

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