Laetesia paragermana explained

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

Taxonomy

This species was described in 2003 by A.D. Blest and Cor Vink from a female specimen.^[2] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000150.^[3]

Description

The female is recorded at 2.65mm in length. This species has a pale brown prosoma, pale brown legs and dark grey abdomen that has a chevron pattern dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Northland, 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".^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laetesia. World Spider Catalog. 2 December 2014.
2. Blest . A.D. . 2003 . New Zealand spiders: Linyphiidae, Mynogleninae, Linyphiinae . Records of the Canterbury Museum . 17 . 1-30.
3. Web site: Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . 2024-09-06 . collections.tepapa.govt.nz.
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 . New Zealand Threat Classification Series . English . 34 . 1–37.