Diploplecta proxima

Diploplecta proxima
Not Threatened
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Diploplecta
Species:
D. proxima
Binomial name
Diploplecta proxima
Millidge, 1988

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

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from female and male specimens. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014969.

Description

The female is recorded at 1.7-1.8mm in length whereas the male is 1.8mm. This species has a pale yellow cephalothorax with black markings dorsally and laterally. The legs are pale yellow to pale orange. The abdomen is pale yellow with dark markings.

Distribution

This species is known from the South Island, Antipodes Island and Snares Island in New Zealand.

Conservation status

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Millidge, A.F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.
  2. ↑ "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  3. ↑ 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.