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Species of Arachnida

Diploplecta nuda
Conservation status

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Diploplecta
Species: D. nuda
Binomial name
Diploplecta nuda
Millidge, 1988

Diploplecta nuda is a species of Linyphiidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from a female specimen collected in Fiordland. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at 2.1mm in length. This species has a pale brown carapace with black dorsal and lateral markings. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is uniform pale grey.

Distribution

This species is only known from Homer in Fiordland, 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".

References

  1. ^ Millidge, A.F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.
  2. Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.
Taxon identifiers
Diploplecta nuda


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