Mahura takahea is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309
Taxonomy This species was described in 1973 by Ray Forster and Cecil Wilton from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The male is recorded at 3.14mm in length whereas the female is 2.90mm. The male cephalothorax is pale yellow with darkish bands. The legs are pale yellow brown. The abdomen is creamy and shaded reddish brown. The female differs in being more darkly coloured. It also has pale markings dorsally.
Distribution This species is only known from Fiordland, 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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