Laetesia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Subfamilia: Linyphiinae
Genus: Laetesia
Species: L. amoena – L. asiatica – L. aucklandensis – L. bellissima – L. chathami – L. distincta – L. egregia – L. germana – L. intermedia – L. leo – L. minor – L. mollita – L. nornalupiensis – L. oceaniae – L. olvidada – L. paragermana – L. peramoena – L. prominens – L. pseudamoena – L. pulcherrima – L. raveni – L. trispathulata – L. trisphathulata – L. weburdi – L. woomeraensis
Nomina nuda

Laetesia graciliscapa Blest & Vink, 2003: 9
Laetesia obscura Blest & Vink, 2003: 11

Name

Laetesia Simon, 1908

Type species: Laetesia mollita Eugène Louis Simon, 1908

gender: feminine
References

Blest, A.D.; Vink, C.J. 2003: New Zealand spiders: Linyphiidae, Mynogleninae, Linyphiinae. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 17(supplement)
Millidge, A.F. 1988: Family Linyphiidae. Pp. 35-67 in Forster, R.R.; Millidge, A.F.; Court, D.J.: The spiders of New Zealand. Part VI. Cyatholipidae, Linyphiidae, Araneidae. Otago Museum bulletin, (6)
Wunderlich, J. 1976: Spinnen aus Australien. 2. Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Senckenbergiana biologica, 57: 125–142.

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Australian Faunal Directory

Laetesia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1908.[2]
Species

As of May 2019 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)