Drapetisca australis
| Drapetisca australis | |
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| Female Diploplecta australis | |
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| Male Diploplecta australis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Diploplecta |
| Species: | D. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Diploplecta australis (Forster, 1955[1])
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| Synonyms | |
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Drapetisca australis | |
Diploplecta australis is a spider in the family Linyphiidae.[2] It is found in the Antipodes Islands.[1]
The species was first described as Drapetisca australis in 1955, by Raymond R. Forster,[3] based on a female specimen only. It was transferred to Diplopecta by Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid in 2020.[4] The total body length of the female is about 28 mm, with the first leg being the longest at about 54 mm. The carapace is pale yellow with a dark line in the centre and at the edges; the abdomen is paler with a short thin black line near the cephalothorax and two black patches in the middle of the underside.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Taxon details Drapetisca australis Forster, 1955". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Forster, R.R. (1955). "Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington. 2: 167–203.
- ^ Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2020). Theridion pumilio (Theridiidae) and Drapetisca australis (Linyphiidae) are transferred to Diploplecta Millidge, 1988 (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Linyphiinae). Records of the Canterbury Museum 34: 57-61