Diploplecta australis
| Diploplecta australis | |
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| Female Diploplecta australis | |
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| Male Diploplecta australis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Diploplecta |
| Species: | D. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Diploplecta australis (Forster, 1955)
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Diploplecta australis is a spider in the family Linyphiidae.[1][2] It is found in the Antipodes Islands.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was first described as Drapetisca australis in 1955 by Raymond R. Forster based on a female specimen only.[3] It was transferred to Diplopecta by Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid in 2020.[4]
Description
[edit]The total body length of the female is about 2.8 mm, with the first leg being the longest at about 5.4 mm. The carapace is pale yellow with a dark line in the centre and at the edges; the abdomen is paler with a short thin black line near the cephalothorax and two black patches in the middle of the underside.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from Antipode Island in New Zealand.[3]
Conservation status
[edit]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".[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ a b c d Forster, R.R. (1955). "Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington. 2: 167–203.
- ^ Fitzgerald, B.M.; Sirvid, P.J. (2020). "Theridion pumilio (Theridiidae) and Drapetisca australis (Linyphiidae) are transferred to Diploplecta Millidge, 1988 (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Linyphiinae)". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 34: 57–61.
- ^ 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.