Haplinis rupicola

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

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Haplinis rupicola
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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. rupicola
Binomial name
Haplinis rupicola
(Blest, 1979)
Synonyms
  • Mynoglenes rupicola
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Taxonomy

This species was described as Mynoglenes rupicola in 1979 by A.D Blest from female specimens.[1] In 2002, it was moved to the Haplinis genus and the male was described.[2] The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[1]

Description

The male is recorded at 3.8mm in length whereas the female is 4.08mm. The male has a dark brown cephalothorax, light brown legs and abdomen that is almost black with lateral white stripes. The female has a greyish yellow cephalothorax, greyish yellow legs and dark grey abdomen with pale blotches.[2][1]

Distribution

This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand.[2][3]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[4]

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