Laperousea

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]

Laperousea
Laperousea sp., found in Tasmania
Scientific classification
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)

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)