Diploplecta

Diploplecta
	Adult male Drapetisca australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Diploplecta ; Millidge, 1988
Type species
	D. communis ; Millidge, 1988
Species
	9, see text

Last updated January 25, 2026

Diploplecta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.^[2]

Species

As of May 2021^[update] it contains nine species, all found in New Zealand:^[1]

Diploplecta adjacens Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
Diploplecta australis (Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is.)
Diploplecta communis Millidge, 1988 (type) – New Zealand
Diploplecta duplex Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
Diploplecta nuda Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
Diploplecta opaca Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
Diploplecta proxima Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
Diploplecta pumilio (Urquhart, 1886) – New Zealand
Diploplecta simplex Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand

References

1 2 "Gen. Diploplecta Millidge, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-13.
↑ Millidge, A. F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Diploplecta Millidge, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-13.

[Mill1988-2] Millidge, A. F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.

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