Laetesia minor

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| status = NT

| status_system = NZTCS

| taxon = Laetesia minor

| authority = Millidge, 1988

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Laetesia minor is a species of sheet weaver endemic to New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1392/Laetesia|title=Laetesia|date=|work=World Spider Catalog|accessdate=2 December 2014}}

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from female and male specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.{{Cite journal |last=Millidge |first=A.F. |date=1988 |title=The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/6592 |journal=Otago Museum Bulletin |volume=6 |pages=35-67}}

Description

The female is recorded at 1.8-2.0mm in length whereas the male is 2-2.1mm. This species has a pale yellow to pale brown carapace with grey diffused in it. The legs are yellow. The abdomen is grey to black with white markings.

Distribution

This species is widespread in New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".{{Cite journal |last1=Sirvid |first1=P. J. |last2=Vink |first2=C. J. |last3=Fitzgerald |first3=B. M. |last4=Wakelin |first4=M. D. |last5=Rolfe |first5=J. |last6=Michel |first6=P. |date=2020-01-01 |title=Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020 |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}

References

Category:Linyphiidae

Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

Category:Spiders described in 1988