''Diploplecta simplex'' 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 female specimens. 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 1.9mm in length. This species has a pale yellow carapace with a black markings dorsally and laterally. The legs are pale brown. The abdomen is whitish brown with black markings.

Distribution

This species is only known from Auckland and

Masterton Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...

in the

North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...

of 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 "Not Threatened".

References

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