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Sheetweb spider

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Sheetweb spiders
Bowl and doily spider, Frontinella communis
Scientific classification
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Linyphiinae
Genera

Frontinella
Neriene
Pityohyphantes
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The sheetweb spiders are a subfamily, Linyphiinae, of sheet weavers. There are more than 800 described species.

In some taxonomies, the subfamily Micronetinae is classified within Linyphiinae as the tribe Micronetini.

See also

Stiphidiidae, known as sheetweb spiders where they occur.