Steatoda lepida
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| Steatoda lepida | |
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| Female Steatoda lepida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Steatoda |
| Species: | S. lepida |
| Binomial name | |
| Steatoda lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lithyphantes lepidus | |
Steatoda lepida is a species of Theridiidae that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
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]
