Promynoglenes grandis

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| status = NT

| status_system = NZTCS

| taxon = Promynoglenes grandis

| authority = Blest, 1979

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Promynoglenes grandis is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.{{Cite journal |last=Blest |first=A.D. |date=1979 |title=The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/5114 |journal=Otago Museum Bulletin |volume=5 |pages=95-173}}

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1979 by A.D Blest from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014984.{{Cite web |title=Specimen Details |url=https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/NZAC03014984 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=scd.landcareresearch.co.nz}}

Description

The male is recorded at 3.83mm in length whereas the female is 3.42mm. This species has a dark brown cephalothorax and yellow legs with black markings.

Distribution

This species is known from the South Island of 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}}

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}}

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Category:Linyphiidae

Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

Category:Spiders described in 1979

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