The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level Author Rix, Michael Western Australian Museum, Welshpool DC, Perth, Australia Author Harvey, Mark Western Australian Museum, Perth, Welshpool, Australia text ZooKeys 2010 2010-02-22 36 36 1 321 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.36.306 4db6b327-7482-432e-a5f6-36f91c79fef3 1313–2970 576620 ADCACC88-6C78-4386-8E33-3F98234ECE92 Taliniella nigra ( Forster, 1959 ) , comb. n. Figs 7L , 127–128, 131–135, 138C Textricella nigra Forster, 1959: 279 , figs 10–13 ( holotype male from Little Barrier Island, Auckland , New Zealand , in Canterbury Museum, not examined). Brignoli, 1983: 375 . Platnick, 2009 . Selected material examined. NEW ZEALAND : North Island : Auckland : Little Barrier Island , 9.XII.1950 , 1♁, 1♀ ( AMNH ). Hawke’s Bay : Makahu Spur, Kaweka Range, 24.II.1971 , J. Townsend, 23♁, 36♀ ( AMNH ). Waikato : Te Aroha Mountain (written ‘Te Aroho’), 6.V.1946 , J. Salmon, 1♀ ( AMNH ). Wellington : Aorangi Mountains, Haurangi, 2.IX.1965 , J. Townsend, 2♁, 4♀ ( AMNHSEM♁ ♀ ). Remarks . Taliniella nigra is a dark brown species with a complex male pedipalpal patella, recognised by Forster (1959) as different to all other Textricellini in New Zealand . It has a relatively widespread distribution on the North Island, although morphological variation exists across the range of this species ( Forster 1959 ). It can be distinguished from T. vinki by the absence of a dorsal scute on the male abdomen (Fig. 127A) and by the shorter embolus (Fig. 134A).