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
}}
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
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:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
Category:Spiders described in 2002
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