Muritaia orientalis is a species of Amaurobiidae spider 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 a female specimen. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The female is recorded at 3.60mm in length. The carapace is coloured pale yellowish brown with dark shading. The legs are banded. The abdomen has olive grey shading with pale markings.
Distribution This species is only known from Hawkes Bay, 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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