Alistra centralis is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
Taxonomy This species was described as Tawerana centralis in 1970 by Ray Forster from female specimens. In 1986 it was transferred to the Alistra genus.Brignoli, P. M. (1986). Spiders from Melanesia III. A new Alistra (Araneae, Hahniidae) from the Solomon Islands. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 11: 327-332 The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The female is recorded at 1.64mm in length. This species is overall reddish brown in life.
Distribution This species is only known from Otago, New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".
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