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Haplinis chiltoni

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Haplinis chiltoni

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Haplinis
Species:
H. chiltoni
Binomial name
Haplinis chiltoni
(Hogg, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Mynoglenes chiltoni

Haplinis chiltoni is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

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This species was described as Mynoglenes chiltoni in 1911 by Henry Roughton Hogg from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in the British Natural History Museum.[1]

Description

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The male is recorded at 7mm in length whereas the female is 4mm.[1]

Distribution

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This species is only known from scattered localities in New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

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Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hogg, H. R. (1911). "On some New Zealand Spiders". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 81 (2): 297–313. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb01930.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
  2. ^ 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.