Panoa tapanuiensis is a species of Desidae spider that is 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 by Ray Forster in 1970 from a female specimen. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The female is recorded at 4.67mm in length. The carapace is coloured reddish brown. The legs are yellowish brown. The abdomen is mottled whitish.
Distribution This species is only known from Otago, 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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