Steatoda lepida

Steatoda lepida
Female Steatoda lepida
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Steatoda
Species:	S. lepida
Binomial name
Steatoda lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
Synonyms
Lithyphantes lepidus Theridium triloris Lithyphantes regius Steatoda regia

Steatoda lepida is a species of Theridiidae that is endemic to New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Steatoda lepida was first described in 1880 as Lithyphantes lepidus. ^[2] In 1886, it was independently described again as Theridium triloris by Arthur Urquhart. ^[3] In 1935, Elizabeth Bryant recognized T. triloris as a synonym of L. lepidus. S. lepida was independently described again in 1956 as Lithyphantes regius. ^[4] In 1983, L. regius was recognized as belonging to the Steatoda genus and was subsequently named Steatoda regius. ^[5] In 1994, S. regius was recognized as a synonym of L. lepidus and the two were merged to form S. lepida. ^[1]

Male Steatoda lepida

Distribution

This species is widespread throughout New Zealand, including on the Chatham Islands. ^[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". ^[6]

References

1. Hann, S. W. (1994). Descriptions of four Steatoda species (Araneae, Theridiidae) found in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology21: 225-238.
2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1880). On some new and rare spiders from New Zealand, with characters of four new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London47(4, for 1879): 681-703, Pl. LII-LIII. [published in April 1880, after Duncan, 1937] doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x
3. Urquhart, A. T. (1886). On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute18: 184-205.
4. Marples, B. J. (1956). "Spiders from the Three Kings Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 4: 329–342. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906474. Wikidata   Q58677519.
5. Brignoli, P. M. (1983). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981 . Manchester University Press, 755 pp.
6. 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.