Diploplecta adjacens explained

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

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from female specimens from Auckland and Nelson. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014968.^[2]

Description

The female is recorded at 1.65mm in length. This species has a pale yellow cephalothorax with grey markings medially and laterally. The legs are pale orange-brown. The abdomen is pale yellow with dark markings.

Distribution

This species is only known from Auckland and Nelson in New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Millidge . A.F. . 1988 . The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae . Otago Museum Bulletin . 6 . 35-67.
2. Web site: Specimen Details . 2024-09-04 . scd.landcareresearch.co.nz.
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 . New Zealand Threat Classification Series . English . 34 . 1–37.