Filmy dome spider
Filmy dome spider | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Linyphiidae |
Genus: | Neriene |
Species: | N. radiata
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Binomial name | |
Neriene radiata (Walckenaer, 1842)
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The filmy dome spider (Neriene radiata) is a sheet weaver: a spider in the family Linyphiidae with a holarctic distribution. These spiders construct a dome of fine spider silk and hang upside-down under it, waiting for their prey. It is a preferential host for the kleptoparasitic .[1]
Neriene radiata, mating behaviour
References[]
- ^ Cangialosi, Karen (1997). "Foraging Versatility and the Influence of Host Availability in Argyrodes Trigonum (Araneae, Theridiidae)". The Journal of Arachnology. 25 (2). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
Categories:
- Linyphiidae
- Holarctic spiders
- Linyphiidae stubs