Haplinis diloris is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Haplinis |
| Species: | H. diloris
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| Binomial name | |
| Haplinis diloris (Urquhart, 1886)
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Taxonomy
editThis species was described as Linyphia diloris in 1886 by Arthur Urquhart from female and male specimens collected in Auckland.[1] In 1933 it was transferred to the Paralinyphia genus, then moved to the Mynoglenes genus in 1978.[2][3] It was most recently transferred to the Haplinis genus in 1994.[4]
Description
editThe female is recorded at 5.75mm in length whereas the male is 5.34mm. The male has a brown cephalothorax and yellow brown legs. The abdomen is dark grey with pale markings dorsally. The female abdomen is similar but paler in colour.[5]
Distribution
editThis species is widespread throughout New Zealand.[5]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Urquhart, A.T. (1886). "On the spiders of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 18: 184–205.
- ^ Bryant, E.B. (1933). "Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 4: 1–27.
- ^ Blest, A.D.; Pomeroy, G. (1978). "The sexual behaviour and genital mechanics of three species of Mynoglenes (Araneae: Linyphiidae)". Journal of Zoology, London. 185: 319–340.
- ^ Hormiga, Gustavo (1994). "Cladistics and the comparative morphology of linyphiid spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Linyphiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111 (1): 1–71. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb01491.x.
- ^ a b Blest, A.D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.
- ^ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.