''Diploplecta'' is a
genus
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of
South Pacific
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dwarf spiders that was first described by
Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.
Species
it contains nine species, all found in
New Zealand
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:
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Diploplecta adjacens''
Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
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Diploplecta australis''
(Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is.)
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Diploplecta communis''
Millidge, 1988 (
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) – New Zealand
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Diploplecta duplex''
Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
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Diploplecta nuda''
Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
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Diploplecta opaca''
Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
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Diploplecta proxima''
Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
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Diploplecta pumilio''
(Urquhart, 1886) – New Zealand
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Diploplecta simplex''
Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
See also
*
List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)
This page lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of August 28, 2020, from A to H, of World Spider Catalog version 21.5
''Abacoproeces''
'' Abacoproeces'' Simon, 1884
* '' Abacoproeces molestus'' Thaler, 1973 — Austria
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References
Linyphiidae genera
Linyphiidae
Endemic spiders of New Zealand
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