Steatoda lepida is a species of Theridiidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
Steatoda lepida was first described in 1880 as Lithyphantes lepidus. [2] In 1886, it was independently described again as Theridium triloris by Arthur Urquhart.[3] In 1935, Elizabeth Bryant recognized T. triloris as a synonym of L. lepidus. S. lepida was independently described again in 1956 as Lithyphantes regius. [4] In 1983, L. regius was recognized as belonging to the Steatoda genus and was subsequently named Steatoda regius.[5] In 1994, S. regius was recognized as a synonym of L. lepidus and the two were merged to form S. lepida.[1]
References
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^ a b Hann, S. W. (1994). Descriptions of four Steatoda species (Araneae, Theridiidae) found in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21: 225-238.
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^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1880a). On some new and rare spiders from New Zealand, with characters of four new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47(4, for 1879): 681-703, Pl. LII-LIII. [published in April 1880, after Duncan, 1937] doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x
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^ Urquhart, A. T. (1886). On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 18: 184-205.
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^ Marples, B. J. (1956). Spiders from the Three Kings Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 4: 329-342.
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^ Brignoli, P. M. (1983c). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 755 pp.
