[3] In 1935, Segestria suteria was moved to the Periegops genus by Elizabeth Bangs Bryant after examining types sent to her from the Canterbury Museum.

The first pair of legs are orange brown with light orange ends, the other pairs of legs are yellow brown and darker at the proximal end.

[1] Periegops suterii occurs in forests with well drained soil and deep leaf layers.

P. suterii is only known to occur in Banks Peninsula and Riccarton Bush in Canterbury.

[1] Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Relict" with the qualifiers of "Conservation Dependent", "Range Restricted" and "Biologically Sparse".