''Promynoglenes grandis'' is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1979 by

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from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014984.

Description

The male is recorded at 3.83mm in length whereas the female is 3.42mm. This species has a dark brown cephalothorax and yellow legs with black markings.

Distribution

This species is 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 1979 {{Linyphiidae-stub