Diploplecta

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Diploplecta

| image_alt = Colour photos of the dorsal and side view of an adult male Drapetisca australis spider, about 1.7 mm in length. The spider is mainly straw yellow with a black stripe going down its abdomen.

| image_caption = Adult male Drapetisca australis

| image = Drapetisca_australis_male.jpg

| authority = Millidge, 1988

| type_species = D. communis

| type_species_authority = Millidge, 1988

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 9, see text

}}

Diploplecta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.{{cite journal| last=Millidge| first=A. F.| year=1988| title=The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae.| journal=Otago Museum Bulletin| pages=35–67| volume=6| author-link=A._F._Millidge}}

Species

{{as of|2021|05}} it contains nine species, all found in New Zealand:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Diploplecta Millidge, 1988| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-06-13| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1262| doi=10.24436/2}}

See also

References

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Category:Linyphiidae genera

Category:Linyphiidae

Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

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