''Metamynoglenes helicoides'' is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1979 by

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from a female specimen. In 2002, the male was described. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000037.

Description

The female is recorded at 2.8mm in length whereas the male is 2.63mm. The female has a pale yellow cephalothorax and legs. The abdomen is pale grey. The male has a light brown prosoma, pale brown legs and a dark grey abdomen.

Distribution

This species is only known from 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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2662567 Linyphiidae Endemic spiders of New Zealand Spiders described in 1979