Family Linyphiidae (Sheet-web weaving spiders)

Domain: EucaryaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: ArachnidaOrder: Araneae Phenology

Linyphiidae Species Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Species Common Name Photo Where? Phenology
Agyneta micariaLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Agyneta unimaculataLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Bathyphantes bishopiLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Bathyphantes pallidusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Blestia sarcocuonLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Carorita hibernaLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Centromerus denticulatusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Centromerus latidensLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Centromerus tennapexLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Ceraticelus alticepsLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Ceraticelus carinatusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Ceraticelus fissicepsLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Ceraticelus laetabilisLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Ceraticelus laetusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Ceratinops carolinusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Ceratinops laticepsLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Ceratinopsidis formosaLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Ceratinopsis nigripalpusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Collinsia oxypaederotipusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Dicymbium elongatumLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Eperigone bryantaeLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Eperigone tridentataLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Epiceraticelus fluvialisLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Erigoninae_genus speciesLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Gonatium crassipalpumLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Grammonota inornataLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Grammonota ornataLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Helophora insignisLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Lepthyphantes sabulosaLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Lepthyphantes speciesLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Lepthyphantes zebraLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Linyphiidae_genus speciesLineweaving spider species(NA) HerePhenology
Meioneta angulataLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Meioneta barrowsiLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Meioneta micariaLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Meioneta semipallidaLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Meioneta speciesLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Neriene speciesLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Oedothorax montiferLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Origanates rostratusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Origantes rostratusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Pityohyphantes costatusHammock spider(NA) HerePhenology
Scironis tarsalisLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Tapinocyba speciesLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Tapinopa speciesLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Taranucnus ornithesLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Tenuiphantes sabulosusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Traematosisis bispinosusLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Walckenaeria directaLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Walckenaeria pallidaLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Walckenaeria subspiralisLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Walkenaeria directaLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Walkenaeria speciesLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology
Walkenaeria spiralisLineweaving spider(NA) HerePhenology

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Note:
Taxa on this list are only those contained in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include all Park taxa from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have not yet been entered
in the Biodiversity Database.
Also note: where part of the taxon name is species,
it means that the taxon name has not yet been agreed upon by taxonomists for this group,
or that it was not identified to this level.

In Case You Didn't Know ...
Species Description:
- small in size with long thin legs
- web a flat sheet often with perpendicular strands of silk above
- spider hangs upside down under web
- Habitat: fields and woods, usually low to ground
- Size: 2-7 mm

Taxon References for Linyphiidae



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