Laestrygones albiceris is a species of Toxopidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184.
Taxonomy This species was described as Lycosa proxima by Arthur Urquhart in 1886 from male and female specimens.Urquhart, A. T. (1886). On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 18: 184-205. The species name was later recognized to be preoccupied, so it was changed to Laestrygones albiceres.Urquhart, A. T. (1894). Description of new species of Araneae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 26(1893): 204-218. It has undergone several revisions.Bryant, E. B. (1933). Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum 4: 1-27, pl. 1-5.Forster, R. R. (1964). The Araneae and Opiliones of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Pacific Insects Monographs 7: 58-115. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description The female is recorded at 3.31mm in length. The carapace has black markings dorsally and laterally. The abdomen has dark shading.
Distribution This species is known from scattered localities in the North Island of New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
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