Drapetisca australis

Diploplecta australis is a spider in the family Linyphiidae.[2] It is found in the Antipodes Islands.[1]

Drapetisca australis
Female Diploplecta australis
Male Diploplecta australis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Diploplecta
Species:
D. australis
Binomial name
Diploplecta australis
(Forster, 1955[1])
Synonyms

Drapetisca australis

The species was first described as Drapetisca australis in 1955, by Raymond R. Forster,[3] based on a female specimen only. It was transferred to Diplopecta by Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid in 2020.[4] The total body length of the female is about 28 mm, with the first leg being the longest at about 54 mm. The carapace is pale yellow with a dark line in the centre and at the edges; the abdomen is paler with a short thin black line near the cephalothorax and two black patches in the middle of the underside.

References
  1. "Taxon details Drapetisca australis Forster, 1955". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  2. Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. Forster, R.R. (1955). "Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington. 2: 167–203.
  4. Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2020). Theridion pumilio (Theridiidae) and Drapetisca australis (Linyphiidae) are transferred to Diploplecta Millidge, 1988 (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Linyphiinae). Records of the Canterbury Museum 34: 57-61


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