Blacktailed red sheetweaver | |
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Web of Florinda coccinea, showing stopping threads above and sheet below. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Linyphiidae |
Genus: | Florinda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896[1] |
Species: | F. coccinea
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Binomial name | |
Florinda coccinea (Hentz, 1850)
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The blacktailed red sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea), also known as red grass spider, is a species of dwarf spider. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Florinda. It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896,[3] and has only been found in Mexico, the West Indies, and the United States.[1] It is common in the southeastern United States, inhabiting grasslands, lawns, and agricultural fields.[4]