Neoramia charybdis is a species of Stiphidiidae 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 first described as Amaurobius charybdis in 1910 by Henry Roughton Hogg from a male specimen.Hogg, H. R. (1910). Some New Zealand and Tasmanian Arachnidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 42(1909): 273-283 It was mostly recently revised in 1973, in which it was moved to Neoramia genus. It is the type species for this genus. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The male and female are recorded at 12.2mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured orange yellow and is darker anteriorly. The legs are yellow brown with some dark bands. The abdomen is greyish brown with pale markings dorsally.
Distribution This species is known from Southland, Stewart Island and Campbell Island in New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon".
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