[1] This species was described as Aparua puna in 1968 by Ray Forster from a single female specimen collected in Cuvier Island.

[2] The holotype is stored at Otago Museum.

The abdomen is cream with reddish brown markings dorsally.

[1] This species is only known from Cuvier Island, New Zealand.

[1] Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic" and "One Location".