Laperousea

Laperousea
Laperousea sp., found in Tasmania
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Laperousea Dalmas, 1917[1]
Type species
L. blattifera (Urquhart, 1887)
Species
L. blattifera (Urquhart, 1887) – Australia, New Zealand L. quindecimpunctata (Urquhart, 1893) – Australia (Tasmania)

Laperousea is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917.[2] As of May 2019^[update] it contains only two species, both found in Australia and New Zealand: L. blattifera and L. quindecimpunctata.[1]

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Laperousea Dalmas, 1917". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
2. Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Trois araignées nouvelles d'Australie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 431–436.