Outstanding Laetesia Laetesia egregia Simon, 1908
Fauna Portal species: 7551
Laetesia egregia female, dorsal (showng the shape of the median septum) (ZMB 10295; Eradu, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6335Diagnosis
Laetesia egregia is clearly not a Laetesia based on the shape of the epigyne, which lacks both a median and also lateral scapes (see images of holotype above). It is here listed under Laetesia, its orginal genus, pending the discovery of the male, which may shed light on the generic position of this species.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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