Haplinis antipodiana

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| image = AS000640 Haplinis antipodiana Vink & Blest 2002 Te Papa 792959 181243.jpg

| status = NU

| status_system = NZTCS

| taxon = Haplinis antipodiana

| authority = Blest & Vink, 2002

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Haplinis antipodiana is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.{{Cite journal |last=Blest |first=A.D. |last2=Vink |first2=C.J. |date=2002 |title=New Zealand spiders: Linyphiidae, Mynogleninae |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/9269 |journal=Records of the Canterbury Museum |volume=16 |pages=1-31}}

Taxonomy

This species was described in 2003 by A.D Blest and Cor Vink from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000640.{{Cite web |title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/792959 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}

Description

The male is recorded at 4.57mm in length whereas the female is 5.00mm. This species has a dark brown prosoma, pale brown legs and a pale brown abdomen with lateral grey stripes.

Distribution

This species is only known from Antipodes Island in New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic" and "One Location".{{Cite journal |last1=Sirvid |first1=P. J. |last2=Vink |first2=C. J. |last3=Fitzgerald |first3=B. M. |last4=Wakelin |first4=M. D. |last5=Rolfe |first5=J. |last6=Michel |first6=P. |date=2020-01-01 |title=Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020 |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}

References

Category:Linyphiidae

Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

Category:Spiders described in 2002