Laetesia peramoena
{{Short description|Species of spider}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = NT
| status_system = NZTCS
|taxon=Laetesia peramoena
|authority=(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879)
| synonyms =
- Linyphia peramoena
- Bathyphantes peramoenus
}}
Laetesia peramoena is a species of sheet weaver endemic to New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1392/Laetesia|title=Laetesia|date=|work=World Spider Catalog|accessdate=2 December 2014}}
Taxonomy
This species was described as Linyphia peramoena in 1879 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from male and female specimens.{{Cite journal |last=Cambridge |first=O. P. |date=1879 |title=7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera |url=https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |language=en |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=681–703 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x |issn=0370-2774}} In 1988, it was transferred to the Laetesia genus.{{Cite journal |last=Millidge |first=A.F. |date=1988 |title=The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/6592 |journal=Otago Museum Bulletin |volume=6 |pages=35-67}} It was most recently revised in 2003.{{Cite journal |last=Blest |first=A.D. |date=2003 |title=New Zealand spiders: Linyphiidae, Mynogleninae, Linyphiinae |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/9475 |journal=Records of the Canterbury Museum |volume=17 |pages=1-30}}
Description
Distribution
This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand. This species has an 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".{{Cite journal |last1=Sirvid |first1=P. J. |last2=Vink |first2=C. J. |last3=Fitzgerald |first3=B. M. |last4=Wakelin |first4=M. D. |last5=Rolfe |first5=J. |last6=Michel |first6=P. |date=2020-01-01 |title=Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020 |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}
References
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Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
Category:Spiders described in 1879
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