Haplinis subdola

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

Haplinis subdola
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Haplinis
Species:	H. subdola
Binomial name
Haplinis subdola (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
Synonyms
Linyphia subdola Mynoglenes subdola

Taxonomy

This species was described as Linyphia subdola in 1880 by Octavious Pickard-Cambridge from male and female specimens.^[1] It was moved to the Mynoglenes and then the Haplinis genus in 1979 and 2002 respectively.^[2][3]

Description

The male is recorded at 3.58mm in length whereas the female is 4.67mm. This species has a dusky brown cephalothorax, brown legs and abdomen that has pale markings dorsally.^[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand.^[3]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[4]