Parafroneta marrineri explained

Parafroneta marrineri is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Mynoglenes marrineri in 1909 by Henry Roughton Hogg from female specimens. It was most recently revised in 1979, in which it was moved to the Parafroneta genus.^[2] It is the type specimen of Parafroneta.^[3]

Description

The male is recorded at 5.34mm in length whereas the female is 6.5mm. This species has an orange cephalothorax, orange legs and a grey abdomen that has grey markings dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from New Zealand's subantarctic islands.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifier of "Range Restricted".^[4]

Notes and References

1. Hogg, H. R. (1909). Spiders and Opiliones from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. In: The Subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Wellington 1, 155-181.
2. Blest . A.D. . 1979 . The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae . Otago Museum Bulletin . 5 . 95–173.
3. Gen. Parafroneta Blest, 1979. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2024-10-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
4. 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.