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Laperousea
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Laperousea

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

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cupid's Money Spider

speciesLaperousea blattifera

15-spotted Money Spider

speciesLaperousea quindecimpunctata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 376813.