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Diploplecta opaca

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Diploplecta opaca

Not Threatened (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. opaca
Binomial name
Diploplecta opaca
Millidge, 1988

Diploplecta opaca is a species of Linyphiidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

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This species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from female and male specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]

Description

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The female is recorded at 1.6-1.8mm in length whereas the male is 1.55-1.6mm. This species has a brown carapace that is darker dorsally and laterally. The legs are yellow brown to orange. The abdomen is variable in colouration.[1]

Distribution

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This species is only known from the South Island and Snares Island in New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

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Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.