Colopea laeta

Colopea laeta
Scientific classification
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.

Distribution

This spider species is found in Myanmar and Thailand.

Description

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

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. It was later relieved of synonymy in the genus Colopea by Lehtinen in 1982.

References

1 2 "Family: Stenochilidae Thorell, 1873". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
↑ Thorell, Tord (1895). Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma. London: British Museum.
1 2 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.

[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Family: Stenochilidae Thorell, 1873". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-04-05.

[Catalogue-2] Thorell, Tord (1895). Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma. London: British Museum.

[Region-3] 1 2 Lehtinen, P.T. (2013). "Spiders of the Oriental-Australian region. IV. Stenochilidae". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 19 (2): 115–128.

[revision-4] Platnick, Norman I.; Shadab, Mohammad U. (1974). "A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". American Museum Novitates (2556): 1–14.