Biology:Colopea laeta
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Short description: Species of spider
| Colopea laeta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Stenochilidae |
| Genus: | Colopea |
| Species: | C. laeta
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| Binomial name | |
| Colopea laeta (Thorell, 1895)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ Thorell, Tord (1895). Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma. London: British Museum.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lehtinen, P.T. (2013). "Spiders of the Oriental-Australian region. IV. Stenochilidae". Annales Zoologici Fennici 19 (2): 115–128.
- ↑ 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
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