''Dunedinia pullata'' 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 and male specimens. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014971.

Description

The female is recorded at 1.75-1.90mm in length whereas the male is 1.65-1.80mm. This species has a pale brown carapace that is darkened along the margins and fovea. The legs are yellow brown with darker bands. The abdomen is black.

Distribution

This species is only known from the

South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...

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