Laetesia prominens

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Laetesia prominens

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Laetesia
Species:
L. prominens
Binomial name
Laetesia prominens
Millidge, 1988

Laetesia prominens is a species of sheet weaver spider found in New Zealand.[1]

This species was described in 1988 by Alfred Frank Millidge from female specimens.[2] The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014979.[3]

Description

The female is recorded at 1.6mm in length. This species has a pale yellow carapace with grey diffused in it. The legs are pale yellow to pale brown. The abdomen is grey dorsally with black chevrons and pale patches.[2]

Distribution

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