Haplinis chiltoni

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

Haplinis chiltoni
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
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

Taxonomy

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

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

Distribution

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

Conservation status

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]