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title: "Black Tunnelweb Spider"
description: "Porrhothele antipodiana — Insekten & Spinnen. Porrhothele antipodiana, the black tunnelweb spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider that lives in New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-tunnelweb-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Black Tunnelweb Spider

> Porrhothele antipodiana — Insekten & Spinnen. Porrhothele antipodiana, the black tunnelweb spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider that lives in New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Porrhothele antipodiana*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 1072
- Wikidata: [Q1933577](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1933577)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121403](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121403)

## Names

- en: Black Tunnelweb Spider

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (835)

## Summary

Porrhothele antipodiana, the black tunnelweb spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider that lives in New Zealand. It is the most common and widespread of several species in the genus Porrhothele, and is especially common in the greater Wellington region where the vagrant mature males are often encountered in or around dwellings. This species is one of New Zealand's most studied spiders. In New Zealand, the common name "tunnelweb spider" is also often used to refer to members of the genus Hexathele. Neither should be confused with their distant relatives, the highly-venomous Australian funnel-web spiders (family Atracidae).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porrhothele_antipodiana

## Photo

![Black Tunnelweb Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tunnelweb-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104318431

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-tunnelweb-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).