Nomaua perdita is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Coddington, J. (1990). A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 193: 1-116
Taxonomy This species was described in 1990 as Wairua reinga by Ray Forster from female specimens. It was most recently revised in 2009, in which the male was described.Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2009). A revision of Nomaua (Araneae: Synotaxidae) and description of a new synotaxid genus from New Zealand. Tuhinga 20: 137-158 The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The male is recorded at 3.31mm in length, whereas the female is 3.15mm.
Distribution This species is only known from the North Island of New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
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