| Metamynoglenes flagellata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Metamynoglenes |
| Species: | M. flagellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Metamynoglenes flagellata Blest, 1979
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Metamynoglenes flagellata is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1979 by A.D Blest from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description
The male is recorded at 2.76mm in length whereas the female is 3.04mm. This species has a brown cephalothorax and yellow legs.
Distribution
This species is only known from the Wellington and Marlborough Sounds regions of New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
References
- ^ a b c d 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.