Laetesia pseudamoena explained

Laetesia pseudamoena 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 male and female specimens.^[2] The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000151.^[3]

Description

The male is recorded at 2.5mm in length. This species has a pale brown prosoma with a dark medial stripe. The legs are pale brown. The abdomen is dark grey with pale spots.

Distribution

This species is only known from Peel Forest in the South Island of 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.