Diploplecta australis

Diploplecta australis
	Female Diploplecta australis
	Male Diploplecta australis
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Diploplecta
Species:	D. australis
Binomial name
	Diploplecta australis; (Forster, 1955)
Synonyms
	Drapetisca australis;

Diploplecta australis is a spider in the family Linyphiidae.^[1]^[2] It is found in the Antipodes Islands.^[3]

Taxonomy

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

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

This species is only known from Antipode Island in New Zealand.^[3]

Conservation status

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

^ 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.

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[COL-1] 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.

[2] "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2024-09-04.

[:0-3] Forster, R.R. (1955). "Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington. 2: 167–203.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

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