World Spider Catalog

Genus: Porrhothele Simon, 1892 | Family: Porrhothelidae Hedin & Bond, 2018

Porrhothele peninsularis Thompson & Sirvid, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066757

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Described:

Distribution: New Zealand

Type Repository Provide information

Allotype: Entomology Research Museum, Lincoln University (LUNZ), New Zealand f (13045) - (Thompson et al., 2026)
Paratype: Entomology Research Museum, Lincoln University (LUNZ), New Zealand 11m 3f (13045-13059) - (Thompson et al., 2026)
Paratype: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (MNZ), Wellington, New Zealand 1m 3f (AS 4723, 4731, 6194-6195) - (Thompson et al., 2026)
Holotype: Entomology Research Museum, Lincoln University (LUNZ), New Zealand m (13044) - (Thompson et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Porrhothele peninsularis Thompson & Sirvid in Thompson et al., 2026: 80, f. 3A-D, 4A-C, 5A-B (Dmf) Original description

References

Thompson, S., Morgan-Richards, M., Trewick, S. A. & Sirvid, P. J. (2026). On the monophyly of Porrhothele antipodiana (Porrhothelidae: Mygalomorphae) and a new species of Porrhothele from Banks Peninsula. New Zealand Entomologist 49(1): 73-86. doi: 10.1080/00779962.2025.2550045 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Thompson et al., 2026
2026-03-05	New species inserted	Thompson et al., 2026