Subfamily Linyphiinae - Sheetweb Spiders

Classification · Size · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

Small colorful orbweaver 2 - Frontinella communis

Sheetweb Spider (Linyphiinae) - Pityohyphantes - female

Maybe Microlinyphia (Platform spiders) ??? - Microlinyphia - male

Spider. What genus and species? - Florinda coccinea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)

Subfamily Linyphiinae (Sheetweb Spiders)

Size

mostly between 3 and 10 mm.

Identification

Mostly larger than Dwarf Spiders and usually have a pattern on the abdomen. The abdomen is usually longer than wide. (1)

Remarks

The shape of the web can help to identify the species of sheetweb spider. Webs can be flat, domed, ore bowl shaped.

Works Cited

1.	Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press By Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 31 January, 2006 - 9:01am

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