Spider found in Wellington, New Zealand

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insectmaster288 Wellington, New Zealand Feb 27, 2010

Please could someone assist in identifying this arachnid (I assume it is one and would be shocked if it wasn't).

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Feb 27, 2010

hi insectmaster nice to met you,

i think it is this??

http://images.google.co.nz/images?um=1&hl=en&cr=countryNZ&client=firefox-a&hs=u0e&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=tunnelwab+spider+nz&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&start=0

regards boot

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Feb 27, 2010

To me, the overall habitus of this spider does not resemble a tunnelweb spider (especially its apparent lack of visibly long spinnerets) but looks more like a wolf spider (family Lycosidae) , of which there reportedly are some 27 species native to New Zealand. See http://tinyurl.com/yl5sdtc for an image of one in the genus Venatrix
You might try locating a copy of Vink, C. J. 2002. Lycosidae (Arachnida : Araneae). Fauna of New Zealand 44, 94 pages. (ISSN 0111-5383; no 44). ISBN 0-478-09347-0. 23 Dec 2002.

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Feb 27, 2010

sorry I was right off, looked too quick!! thought I saw a hard thorax....

I had not known there were 27 species native too here. Thanks for the info suunto.

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