Metafroneta subversa

{{Short description|Species of spider}}

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| image = AS-000724 Metafroneta subversa Blest Vink Te Papa 795089 181247.jpg

| status = NT

| status_system = NZTCS

| taxon = Metafroneta subversa

| authority = Blest & Vink, 2002

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Metafroneta subversa 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 2002 by A.D Blest and Cor Vink from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000724.{{Cite web |title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/795089 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}

Description

The male is recorded at 3.88mm in length whereas the female is 4.13mm. This species has a brown prosoma and brown legs. The abdomen is dark grey.

Distribution

This species is only known from the South Island in New Zealand.

Conservation status

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

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Category:Linyphiidae

Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

Category:Spiders described in 2002

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