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of dwarf spiders that was first described by

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: *'' 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 (

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) – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Laetesia nornalupiensis'' Wunderlich, 1976 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Laetesia oceaniae'' (

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, 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 ''Laetesia raveni'' is a species of sheet weaver found in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. It was described by Hormiga & Scharff in 2014. References Linyphiidae Spiders of Australia Arachnids of Queensland Spiders described ...

'' 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)

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Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of Asia Spiders of Oceania {{Linyphiidae-stub

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