Biology:Argyrodes lepidus

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Short description: Species of spider

Argyrodes lepidus
Invalid status (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Argyrodes
Species:
A. lepidus
Binomial name
Argyrodes lepidus
O. P.-Cambridge, 1879

Argyrodes lepidus is a species of tangle web spider in the genus Argyrodes found in New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from a female specimen.[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from 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".[3]

References

  1. "Argyrodes lepidus". http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/38171. Retrieved 27 July 2017. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cambridge, O. P. (1879). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera" (in en). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN 0370-2774. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/67264. 
  3. 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" (in English). New Zealand Threat Classification Series 34: 1–37. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf. 

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