''Meringa nelson'' is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

.Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Coddington, J. (1990)
A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships
''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' 193: 1-116

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1990 by

Ray Forster Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand Arachnology, arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of The Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, a ...

from a female specimen. The holotype is stored in

Otago Museum Otago (, ; ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island and administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government region. Its po ...

Description

The female is recorded at 2.02mm. This species has a dark carapace. The abdomen is dark with dorsal patterns.

Distribution

This species is only known from

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

, 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 s ...

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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4124888 Physoglenidae Endemic spiders of New Zealand Spiders described in 1990