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Laetesia olvidada

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Species of spider

Laetesia olvidada
Holotype specimen
Conservation status

Data Deficient (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. olvidada
Binomial name
Laetesia olvidada
Blest & Vink, 2003

Laetesia olvidada is a species of sheet weaver endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 2003 by A.D. Blest and Cor Vink from male and female specimens. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000132.

Description

The male is recorded at 2.3mm in length whereas the female is 2.5mm. This species has a dark brown prosoma, pale brown legs and dark abdomen with white markings dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Westland in New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".

References

  1. "Laetesia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ^ Blest, A.D. (2003). "New Zealand spiders: Linyphiidae, Mynogleninae, Linyphiinae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 17: 1–30.
  3. "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  4. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Laetesia olvidada


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