Biology:Colopea laeta

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Short description: Species of spider

Colopea laeta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Stenochilidae
Genus: Colopea
Species:
C. laeta
Binomial name
Colopea laeta
(Thorell, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Metronax laetus
  • Colopea pusilla

Colopea laeta is a species of spider belonging to the family Stenochilidae.[1]

Distribution

This spider species is found in Myanmar and Thailand.[1]

Description

The juvenile holotype measures 4.25mm.[2] The male spider, as described by Lehtinen in 1982, measures 4.7mm, and the female measures 7.6mm.[3]

Taxonomy

This spider species was first described under the protonym Metronax laetus by Thorell in 1895. In 1974, Platnick and Shadab placed it in synonymy with Colopea pusilla.[4] It was later relieved of synonymy in the genus Colopea by Lehtinen in 1982.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Family: Stenochilidae Thorell, 1873". Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/91. Retrieved 2023-04-05. 
  2. Thorell, Tord (1895). Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma. London: British Museum. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lehtinen, P.T. (2013). "Spiders of the Oriental-Australian region. IV. Stenochilidae". Annales Zoologici Fennici 19 (2): 115–128. 
  4. Platnick, Norman I.; Shadab, Mohammad U. (1974). "A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". American Museum Novitates 2556: 1–14. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2643946 entry