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Genus Neriene

Filmy Dome Spider - Neriene radiata Sheetweb Spider - Neriene radiata Neriene? - Neriene digna - male voucher images - Neriene radiata - female profile shot - Neriene spider - Neriene radiata - male Unknown Linyphiidae sp. - Neriene radiata Spider - Neriene radiata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)
Subfamily Linyphiinae (Sheetweb Spiders)
Genus Neriene
Numbers
7 Species in North America.
Range
Exact distribution within these countries will be added when time permits.

clathrata - Holarctic
digna - USA, Canada, Alaska
litigiosa - North America
montana - Holarctic
radiata - Holarctic
redacta - USA, southeastern US (MS, FL)(1)
See Also

Males of this genus may be confused with other spiders that have a constricted abdomen; Microlinyphia males have a long wiry embolus that turns a full circle larger than the pedipalp itself; both Neriene & Microlinyphia males have a much longer carapace than Coleosoma.


    Coleosoma                   Microlinyphia                 Neriene