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Laetesia peramoena
Conservation status
	; Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Laetesia
Species:	L. peramoena
Binomial name
	Laetesia peramoena; (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879)
Synonyms
	Linyphia peramoena; Bathyphantes peramoenus;

Laetesia peramoena is a species of sheet weaver endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Linyphia peramoena in 1879 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from male and female specimens.^[2] In 1988, it was transferred to the Laetesia genus.^[3] It was most recently revised in 2003.^[4]

Description

The male is recorded at 3.0-3.2mm in length whereas the female is 2.8-3.0mm.^[3]

Distribution

This species is only known from the South Island of New Zealand. This species has a orange carapace with a dark stripe medially. The legs yellow to pale brown. The abdomen is grey with white blotches.^[4]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[5]

References

^ "Laetesia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ Cambridge, O. P. (1879). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
^ ^a ^b Millidge, A.F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.
^ ^a ^b Blest, A.D. (2003). "New Zealand spiders: Linyphiidae, Mynogleninae, Linyphiinae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 17: 1–30.
^ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.

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[WSCA-1] "Laetesia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[2] Cambridge, O. P. (1879). "7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47 (1): 681–703. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x. ISSN 0370-2774.

[:02-3] Millidge, A.F. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 35–67.

[:0-4] Blest, A.D. (2003). "New Zealand spiders: Linyphiidae, Mynogleninae, Linyphiinae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 17: 1–30.

[5] Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.

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