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Maorineta tumida
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Maorineta
Species:	M. tumida
Binomial name
Maorineta tumida Millidge, 1988

Maorineta tumida is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from female and male specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at 1.50-1.65mm in length whereas the male is 1.50-1.55mm. This species has a yellow brown to brown carapace with blackish markings. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is black, sometimes having a white patch dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".

References

1. ^ Millidge, A.F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.
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.

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