Gohia clarki is a species of Toxopidae 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 1964 from male and female specimens.Forster, R. R. (1964). The Araneae and Opiliones of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Pacific Insects Monographs 7: 58-115. It was most recently revised in 1970. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration AS.000016.
Description The male is recorded at 5.59mm in length whereas the female is 5.57mm. The cephalothorax is coloured pale brown with dark shading. The legs are pale brown with dark bands. The abdomen is shaded black and has a chevron pattern dorsally.
Distribution This species is only known from Campbell Island, New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic" and "One Location".
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