''Diploplecta nuda'' is a species of Linyphiidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1988 by

Alfred Frank Millidge Alfred Frank Millidge (1914 – 16 April 2012) was a British arachnologist who wrote several works on spiders. One of his best-known might be ''British Spiders'', volumes I and II, which he co-wrote with G. H. Locket. In 1983, he became the first ...

from a female specimen collected in Fiordland. The holotype is stored in

Otago Museum Tūhura Otago Museum is located in the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is adjacent to the University of Otago campus in Dunedin North, 1,500 metres northeast of the city centre. It is one of the city's leading attractions and has one of t ...

Description

The female is recorded at 2.1mm in length. This species has a pale brown carapace with black dorsal and lateral markings. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is uniform pale grey.

Distribution

This species is only known from Homer in Fiordland, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the

New Zealand Threat Classification System The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ...

, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".

References

Linyphiidae Endemic spiders of New Zealand Spiders described in 1988 {{Linyphiidae-stub