Laetesia prominens (original) (raw)

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Species of spider

Laetesia prominens
Conservation status
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. prominens
Binomial name
Laetesia prominensMillidge, 1988

Laetesia prominens is a species of sheet weaver spider found in New Zealand.[1]

This species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from female specimens.[2] The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014979.[3]

The female is recorded at 1.6mm in length. This species has a pale yellow carapace with grey diffused in it. The legs are pale yellow to pale brown. The abdomen is grey dorsally with black chevrons and pale patches.[2]

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

Conservation status

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Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".[4]

  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. ^ "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  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" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.