Laetesia peramoena

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Laetesia peramoena
Status NZTCS NT.svg
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Laetesia
Species:
L. peramoena
Binomial name
Laetesia peramoena
Synonyms
  • Linyphia peramoena
  • Bathyphantes peramoenus

Laetesia peramoena is a species of sheet weaver endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described as Linyphia peramoena in 1879 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from male and female specimens. [2] In 1988, it was transferred to the Laetesia genus. [3] It was most recently revised in 2003. [4]

Description

The male is recorded at 3.0-3.2mm in length whereas the female is 2.8-3.0mm. [3]

Distribution

This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand. This species has an orange carapace with a dark stripe medially. The legs yellow to pale brown. The abdomen is grey with white blotches. [4]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Laetesia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Cambridge, O. P. (1879). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN   0370-2774.
  3. 1 2 Millidge, A.F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.
  4. 1 2 Blest, A.D. (2003). "New Zealand spiders: Linyphiidae, Mynogleninae, Linyphiinae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 17: 1–30.
  5. ↑ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.


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