Kapanga isulata 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 Tuata isulata in 1970 by Ray Forster from female specimens. In 1986 it was moved to the Kapanga 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 2.38mm in length. The carapace is orange brown. The legs are yellow brown with dark markings. The abdomen has a chevron pattern dorsally.
Distribution This species is only known from Southland, 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", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".
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