Laetesia bellissima

Laetesia bellissima

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. bellissima
Binomial name
Laetesia bellissima
Millidge, 1988

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

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from female and male specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[2]

Description

The female is recorded at 2.65-3.0mm in length whereas the male is 2.7-2.9mm. This species has blackish brown carapace with a medial band. The legs are pale yellow to brown. The abdomen is white dorsally with dark markings.[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand.[2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[3]

References

  1. ^ "Laetesia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Millidge, A.F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.
  3. ^ 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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