Rayforstia plebeia is a species of Anapidae that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy This species was described as Textricella plebeia in 1959 by Ray Forster from female specimens.Forster, R. R. (1959). The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86(3/4): 269-329. In 2010 it was transferred to Rayforstia. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000087.
Description The female is recorded at 1.14mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured yellow brown whilst the legs are dull yellow.
Distribution This species is only known from Codfish Island, New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifier of "One Location".
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