Maorineta acerbaMaorineta acerba is a species of sheet weaver spider endemic to New Zealand.TaxonomyThis species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from male specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.DescriptionThe male is recorded at 1.50-1.65mm in length. This species has a brown carapace, orange legs and black abdomen with a white patch dorsally.DistributionThis species is only known from the lower half of the South Island in New Zealand.Conservation statusUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".