Scotospilus westlandicus is a species of Hahniidae spider endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
Taxonomy This species was described as Tuana westlandica by Ray Forster in 1970 from a female specimen. In 1986, Tuana was recognized as a synonym of Scotospilus, so the species name was changed to Scotospilus westlandicus.Brignoli, P. M. (1986). Spiders from Melanesia III. A new Alistra (Araneae, Hahniidae) from the Solomon Islands. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 11: 327-332 The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The female is recorded at 1.87mm in length. It is coloured similarly to Scotospilus plenus.
Distribution This species is only known from Westland, New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".
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