Laetesia peramoena explained

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

Taxonomy

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

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

Distribution

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.

Conservation status

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laetesia. World Spider Catalog. 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 . en . 47 . 1 . 681–703 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x . 0370-2774.
3. Millidge . A.F. . 1988 . The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae . Otago Museum Bulletin . 6 . 35-67.
4. 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 . New Zealand Threat Classification Series . English . 34 . 1–37.