Phoroncidia puketoru is a species of cobweb spider that is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy This species was described in 1955 by Brian John Marples from male and female specimens. It was moved to the Phoroncidia genus in 1983.Brignoli, P. M. (1983). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 755 pp The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The male is recorded at 1.42mm in length whereas the female is 1.68mm. The body is mostly dark brown. The abdomen has mottled patches of pale cream.
Distribution This species is known from scattered localities throughout 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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