Haplinis diloris

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

Haplinis diloris
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Haplinis
Species:	H. diloris
Binomial name
Haplinis diloris (Urquhart, 1886)
Synonyms
Linyphia diloris Paralinyphia diloris Mynoglenes diloris

Taxonomy

This species was described as Linyphia diloris in 1886 by Arthur Urquhart from female and male specimens collected in Auckland.^[1] In 1933 it was transferred to the Paralinyphia genus, then moved to the Mynoglenes genus in 1978.^[2][3] It was most recently transferred to the Haplinis genus in 1994.^[4]

Description

The female is recorded at 5.75mm in length whereas the male is 5.34mm. The male has a brown cephalothorax and yellow brown legs. The abdomen is dark grey with pale markings dorsally. The female abdomen is similar but paler in colour.^[5]

Distribution

This species is widespread throughout New Zealand.^[5]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[6]

References

1. Urquhart, A.T. (1886). "On the spiders of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 18: 184–205.
2. Bryant, E.B. (1933). "Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 4: 1–27.
3. Blest, A.D.; Pomeroy, G. (1978). "The sexual behaviour and genital mechanics of three species of Mynoglenes (Araneae: Linyphiidae)". Journal of Zoology, London. 185: 319–340.
4. Hormiga, Gustavo (1994). "Cladistics and the comparative morphology of linyphiid spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Linyphiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111 (1): 1–71. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb01491.x.
5. Blest, A.D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.
6. 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.