Laetesia pseudamoena

Laetesia pseudamoena
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Laetesia
Species:	L. pseudamoena
Binomial name
Laetesia pseudamoena Blest & Vink, 2003

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.^[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from Peel Forest in the South Island of New Zealand.^[2]

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]

References

1. "Laetesia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
2. Blest, A.D. (2003). "New Zealand spiders: Linyphiidae, Mynogleninae, Linyphiinae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 17: 1–30.
3. "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.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.