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{{Short description|Species of spider}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = NT
| status_system = NZTCS
| taxon = Laetesia minor
| authority = [[Alfred Frank Millidge|Millidge]], 1988
}}

'''''Laetesia minor''''' is a species of [[Linyphiidae|sheet weaver]] endemic to [[New Zealand]].<ref name="WSCA">{{cite web|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1392/Laetesia|title=''Laetesia''|date=|work=World Spider Catalog|accessdate=2 December 2014}}</ref>

==Taxonomy==
This species was described in 1988 by [[Alfred Frank Millidge]] from female and male specimens. The holotype is stored in [[Tūhura Otago Museum|Otago Museum]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Millidge |first=A.F. |date=1988 |title=The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/6592 |journal=Otago Museum Bulletin |volume=6 |pages=35-67}}</ref>

==Description==
The female is recorded at 1.8-2.0mm in length whereas the male is 2-2.1mm. This species has a pale yellow to pale brown carapace with grey diffused in it. The legs are yellow. The abdomen is grey to black with white markings.<ref name=":0" />

==Distribution==
This species is widespread in New Zealand.<ref name=":0" />

==Conservation status==
Under the [[New Zealand Threat Classification System]], this species is listed as "Not Threatened".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sirvid |first1=P. J. |last2=Vink |first2=C. J. |last3=Fitzgerald |first3=B. M. |last4=Wakelin |first4=M. D. |last5=Rolfe |first5=J. |last6=Michel |first6=P. |date=2020-01-01 |title=Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020 |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}</ref>

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[[Category:Linyphiidae]]
[[Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Spiders described in 1988]]


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