NZ mygalomorph ID? (photo)

chewbacca

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Mygalomorph ID? (photo)

Hi all.

The pic is of my tunnelweb spider 'Doloras'. She resembles a Porrhothele antipodiana in size and shape - but not colour, as she is totally black (without the yellowish cephalothorax). Also Porrhothele are very uncommon in the upper North Island.

It looks uncannily like Hadronyche modesta to me - but we don't have them in NZ. :confused:

She is the second one I've found in the backyard, yet I have not seen one photo/description of her anywhere on the net or books (believe me... I've looked).

Any comments would be muchly appreciated. :eek:
 

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chewbacca

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One more thing - she totally pwned the banded tunnel-web (Hexathele hochstetteri) that was living at the opposite end of the terrarium this morning - aggressive little gal. (as you can see, she wasn't too happy with the camera lens.) :mad:
 
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