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

Laetesia peramoena

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Taxonomy

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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

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

Distribution

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

Conservation status

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

References

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  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. ^ a b Millidge, A.F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.
  4. ^ a b 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.