The genus Hexathele Ausserer (1871) contains only five known species. The genotype, Hexathele hoehstetteri Auss., was collected in New Zealand by the Novara Expedition. Since then three other species have been recorded from that country, namely, H. petreii Goyen (1886), H. huttoni Hogg (1908), and H. websteri Hogg (1908). A fifth species, H. montanus Hickman, was recorded from Tasmania by me in 1926.
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