Diploplecta facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Diploplecta |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Diploplecta Millidge, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| D. communis Millidge, 1988
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Diploplecta is a group of tiny spiders, also known as dwarf spiders. These spiders are found in the South Pacific region, specifically in New Zealand. A scientist named Alfred Frank Millidge first described this group in 1988.
Meet the Diploplecta Spiders
As of May 2019, there are seven known types, or species, of Diploplecta spiders. All of them live in New Zealand.
Here are the different species:
- Diploplecta adjacens – Discovered by Millidge in 1988.
- Diploplecta communis – Also found by Millidge in 1988, this is the main example or type species for the group. A type species is like the original example that helps scientists define the whole group.
- Diploplecta duplex – Identified by Millidge in 1988.
- Diploplecta nuda – Described by Millidge in 1988.
- Diploplecta opaca – Named by Millidge in 1988.
- Diploplecta proxima – Identified by Millidge in 1988.
- Diploplecta simplex – Discovered by Millidge in 1988.
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