Laetesia
| Laetesia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Laetesia Simon, 1908[1] |
| Type species | |
| L. mollita Simon, 1908
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| Species | |
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Laetesia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1908.[2]
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains twenty-five species, found in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and Vanuatu:[1]
- 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)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Laetesia Simon, 1908". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ Simon, E. (1908), "Araneae. 1re partie", in Michaelsen, Hartmeyer (ed.), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens