''Marplesia'' is a genus of

South Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

sheetweb spiders first described by

Pekka T. Lehtinen Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated. Biography Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...

in 1967. it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand.

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of New Zealand Stiphidiidae Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen {{Araneomorphae-stub