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Order:
Araneae - Spiders
Opiliones - Harvestmen
Pseudoscorpiones - Pseudoscorpions
Scorpiones - Scorpions
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROPSOPILIONIDAE-
AGELENIDAE-Funnel Weavers
AMAUROBIIDAE-Hacklemesh Weavers
ANTRODIAETIDAE-Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE-Ghost Spiders
ARANEIDAE-Orb Weavers
ATYPIDAE-Purseweb Spiders
BUTHIDAE-
CADDIDAE-
CHEIRACANTHIIDAE-
CHEIRIDIIDAE-
CHELIFERIDAE-
CHERNETIDAE-
CHTHONIIDAE-
CICURINIDAE-
CLUBIONIDAE-Sac Spiders
CORINNIDAE-Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders
COSMETIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
CTENIDAE-Wandering Spiders
CYBAEIDAE-
DEINOPIDAE-Ogrefaced spider
DESIDAE-
DICTYNIDAE-Mesh Web Weavers
DYSDERIDAE-
EUCTENIZIDAE-Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders
FILISTATIDAE-
GARYPINIDAE-
GNAPHOSIDAE-Ground Spiders
HAHNIIDAE-
HALONOPROCTIDAE-
HYPOCHILIDAE-
LARCIDAE-
LEPTONETIDAE-
LINYPHIIDAE-Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LIOCRANIDAE-Liocranid Sac Spiders
LYCOSIDAE-Wolf Spiders
MICROHEXURIDAE-
MIMETIDAE-Pirate spiders
MYSMENIDAE-
NEOBISIIDAE-
NEPHILIDAE-
NESTICIDAE-Scaffold Web Spiders
OECOBIIDAE-Wall spiders
OONOPIDAE-
OXYOPIDAE-Lynx Spiders
PHALANGIIDAE-
PHALANGODIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
PHILODROMIDAE-Running Crab Spiders
PHOLCIDAE-
PHONOGNATHIDAE-
PHRUROLITHIDAE-
PISAURIDAE-Nursery Web Spiders
SABACONIDAE-
SALTICIDAE-Jumping Spiders
SCLEROSOMATIDAE-
SCYTODIDAE-
SEGESTRIIDAE-
SICARIIDAE-
SPARASSIDAE-Giant Crab Spiders
STERNOPHORIDAE-
TARACIDAE-
TETRAGNATHIDAE-Long-jawed Orb Weavers
THERIDIIDAE-Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIOSOMATIDAE-Ray Spiders
THOMISIDAE-Crab Spiders
TITANOECIDAE-
TRACHELIDAE-
TRIAENONYCHIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
TRIDENCHTHONIIDAE-
ULOBORIDAE-Cribellate Orb Weavers
VAEJOVIDAE-
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Linyphiidae Members:
Agyneta angulata
Agyneta barrowsi
Agyneta evadens
Agyneta fabra
Agyneta micaria
Agyneta minorata
Agyneta parva
Agyneta semipallida ?
Agyneta serrata
Agyneta unimaculata
Anibontes mimus
Anthrobia acuminata
Bathyphantes bishopi
Bathyphantes pallidus
Centromerus cornupalpis
Centromerus denticulatus
Centromerus latidens
Centromerus sylvaticus
Centromerus tennapex
Ceraticelus alticeps
Ceraticelus carinatus
Ceraticelus creolus
Ceraticelus emertoni
Ceraticelus fastidiosus
Ceraticelus fissiceps
Ceraticelus laetabilis
Ceraticelus laetabilis pisga
Ceraticelus laetus
Ceraticelus laticeps
Ceraticelus micropalpis
Ceraticelus minutus
Ceraticelus paschalis
Ceraticelus pygmaeus
Ceraticelus savannus
Ceraticelus similis
Ceraticelus tibialis
Ceratinella brunnea
Ceratinops carolinus
Ceratinops crenatus
Ceratinopsidis formosa
Ceratinopsis atolma
Ceratinopsis georgiana
Ceratinopsis interpres
Ceratinopsis laticeps
Ceratinopsis nigriceps
Ceratinopsis nigripalpis
Ceratinopsis swanea
Cheniseo faceta
Collinsia oxypaederotipus
Coloncus americanus
Dicymbium elongatum
Diplocentria hiberna
Diplostyla concolor
Disembolus corneliae
Drapetisca alteranda
Epiceraticelus fluvialis
Epiceraticelus mandyae
Eridantes erigonoides
Erigone atra
Erigone autumnalis
Erigone dentigera
Estrandia grandaeva
Floricomus plumalis
Floricomus praedesignatus
Floricomus unidentified species
Florinda coccinea
Frontinella pyramitela
Gonatium crassipalpum
Grammonota barnesi
Grammonota inornata
Grammonota maculata
Grammonota ornata
Grammonota pictilis
Grammonota texana
Grammonota trivittata
Grammonota trivittata georgiana
Horcotes uncinatus
Hypselistes florens
Idionella anomala
Idionella sclerata
Islandiana flaveola
Islandiana flavoides
Lepthyphantes intricatus
Lepthyphantes umbratilis
Linyphia neophita
Linyphiidae unidentified species
Maso politus
Maso sundevalli
Mermessus albulus
Mermessus augustalis
Mermessus brevidentatus
Mermessus bryantae
Mermessus entomologicus
Mermessus fradeorum
Mermessus maculatus
Mermessus tridentatus
Mermessus trilobatus
Mermessus unidentified species
Microlinyphia pusilla
Microneta viaria
Neriene clathrata
Neriene radiata
Neriene redacta
Neriene variabilis
Origanates rostratus
Pelecopsidis frontalis
Pelecopsis bishopi
Pelecopsis moesta ?
Pityohyphantes costatus
Pocadicnemis americana
Pocobletus coroniger
Scylaceus pallidus
Scyletria inflata
Sisicottus montigenus
Souessoula parva
Soulgas corticarius
Styloctetor purpurescens
Tapinopa unidentified species
Taranucnus ornithes
Tennesseellum formica
Tenuiphantes sabulosus
Tenuiphantes zebra
Tusukuru hartlandianus
Tutaibo anglicanus
Walckenaeria brevicornis
Walckenaeria carolina
Walckenaeria communis
Walckenaeria directa
Walckenaeria pallida
Walckenaeria spiralis
Walckenaeria subdirecta
Walckenaeria subpallida
Wubana drassoides
NC
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Microlinyphia pusilla
- a platform spider
Taxonomy
Order:
ARANEAE
Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Linyphiidae
Subfamily:
Linyphiinae
Synonym:
Microlinyphilla pusilla
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
BugGuide
Google
,
iNaturalist
,
Wikipedia
,
GBIF
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
County Map:
Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Adult phenology:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
meadow; high elevation, web in tall grass
Observation Methods:
Abundance/Frequency:
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
State Protection:
Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Microlinyphia pusilla
- a platform spider
Photos: 1
Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2015-06-18
Avery Co.
Comment: Male
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