Mamoea mandibularis is a species of Desidae 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 as Rubrius mandibularis by Elizabeth Bryant in 1935 from female specimens.Bryant, E. B. (1935). Some new and little known species of New Zealand spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum 4: 71-94, pl. 10-13. It was most recently revised in 1973. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description The female is recorded at 7.99mm in length. The carapace and legs are coloured yellow brown. The abdomen has a pale chevron pattern dorsally.
Distribution This species is only known from Wellington, 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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