Argyrodes lepidus explained

Argyrodes lepidus is a species of tangle web spider in the genus Argyrodes found in New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from a female specimen.^[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from 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", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Argyrodes lepidus. World Spider Catalog. 27 July 2017.
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 . en . 47 . 1 . 681–703 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x . 0370-2774.
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 . New Zealand Threat Classification Series . English . 34 . 1–37.