Promynoglenes minuta

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

Promynoglenes minuta
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Promynoglenes
Species:	P. minuta
Binomial name
Promynoglenes minuta Blest & Vink, 2002

Taxonomy

This species was described in 2002 by A.D Blest and Cor Vink from male and female specimens.^[1] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000575.^[2]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.13mm in length whereas the female is 2.38mm. This species has a brown prosoma, brown legs and a dark grey abdomen that has pale markings.^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Turangi, 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".^[3]