Metamynoglenes absurda

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| taxon = Metamynoglenes absurda

| authority = Blest & Vink, 2002

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Metamynoglenes absurda 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. This species is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000235.{{Cite web |title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/788905 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}

Description

The male is recorded at 2.38mm in length whereas the female is 3.63mm. The male has a dark brown prosoma and brown legs. The abdomen is black with white spots dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Auckland, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".{{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