''Moneta conifera'' is a species of

cobweb spider Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 spec ...

that is 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 ...

.Urquhart, A. T. (1887)
On new species of Araneida
''Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute'' 19: 72-118, pl. 7-8

Taxonomy

This species was described as ''Ariamnes conifera'' in 1887 by

Arthur Urquhart Arthur Torrane Urquhart (Switzerland, 27 October 1839 – Karaka, New Zealand, 3 October 1916) was an arachnologist and naturalist based in New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of ...

from female specimens. It was moved to the ''Moneta'' genus in 1917.

Description

The female is recorded at 3mm in length.

Distribution

This species is known from scattered localities throughout 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 "Not Threatened".

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2359761 Theridiidae Endemic spiders of New Zealand Spiders described in 1887