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Laetesia

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Laetesia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1908.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyLinyphiidae
Observations recorded512

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
314
With media
1
Family
Linyphiidae
Collections
AM, QM, NMV, QVMAG
Recorded in
Australia

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Laetesia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1908.

==Species== it contains twenty-five species, found in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and Vanuatu: Laetesia amoena Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand Laetesia asiatica Millidge, 1995 – Thailand Laetesia aucklandensis (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand (Auckland Is.) Laetesia bellissima Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand Laetesia chathami Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand Laetesia distincta Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand Laetesia egregia Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia) Laetesia forsteri Wunderlich, 1976 – Australia (New South Wales) Laetesia germana Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand Laetesia intermedia Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand Laetesia leo van Helsdingen, 1972 – Australia (South Australia) Laetesia minor Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand Laetesia mollita Simon, 1908 (type) – Australia (Western Australia) Laetesia nornalupiensis Wunderlich, 1976 – Australia (Western Australia) Laetesia oceaniae (Berland, 1938) – Vanuatu Laetesia olvidada Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand Laetesia paragermana Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand Laetesia peramoena (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – New Zealand Laetesia prominens Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand Laetesia pseudamoena Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand Laetesia pulcherrima Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand Laetesia raveni Hormiga & Scharff, 2014 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) Laetesia trispathulata (Urquhart, 1886) – New Zealand Laetesia weburdi (Urquhart, 1890) – Australia (New South Wales) Laetesia woomeraensis Wunderlich, 1976 – Australia (South Australia)

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