Dunedinia

Fauna Portal Genus Number: 3481

(after Millidge 1988): This genus, though similar to Laetesia, shows several points of difference. The leg spines are considerably reduced in comparison with Laetesia, and there is no claw on the female pedipalp. The tegulum of the male pedipalp does not have the membraneous apophysis anteriorly, and the suprategular apophysis is different in form; the embolic division is of the same general form as in Laetesia, but is simpler. The epigynum is similar to that of Laetesia, but the attachment of the scape is different, and the atrium is less developed. It is not simply a reduction in size that has brought about these differences, since Laetesia minor, which has a typical Laetesia epigynum and pedipalp, is not significantly larger than the Dunedinia species.