Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and in Portugal, from the superstition that if such a spider is seen running on one, it has come to spin the person new clothes, meaning financial good fortune) is a family of very small spiders comprising 4706 described species in 620 genera worldwide.[2] This makes Linyphiidae the second largest family of spiders after the Salticidae. The family is poorly understood due to their small body size and wide distribution; new genera and species are still being discovered throughout the world. The newest such genus is Himalafurca from Nepal, formally described in April 2021 by Tanasevitch.[2] Since it is so difficult to identify such tiny spiders, there are regular changes in taxonomy as species are combined or divided.
Money spiders are known for drifting through the air via a technique termed "ballooning".[3]
Within the agriculture industry, money spiders are regarded as biological control agents against pest species like aphids and springtails.[4][5]
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^Sunderland, K. D.; Fraser, A. M.; Dixon, A. F. G. (1986). "Field and Laboratory Studies on Money Spiders (Linyphiidae) as Predators of Cereal Aphids". Journal of Applied Ecology. 23 (2): 433–447. doi:10.2307/2404027. ISSN 0021-8901. JSTOR 2404027.
^Harwood, James D.; Obrycki, John J. (2005-09-01). "Web-Construction Behavior of Linyphiid Spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae): Competition and Co-Existence Within a Generalist Predator Guild". Journal of Insect Behavior. 18 (5): 593–607. doi:10.1007/s10905-005-7013-8. ISSN 1572-8889. S2CID 30576829.
Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New...
of Linyphiidae species cover species of the spider family Linyphiidae. The overall list is divided into alphabetical sub-lists. List of Linyphiidae species...
less stereotyped than that of orb-webs, and may take several days. The Linyphiidae generally make horizontal but uneven sheets, with tangles of stopping...
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This is a list of all species that have been found in Texas, United States of America, as of July 17, 2006. It is taken from the Catalogue of Texas Spiders...
This is a list of spider species that occur on Madagascar. Unless otherwise noted, they are endemic (they occur nowhere else). Some cosmopolitan or pantropical...
in Argentina and on the Falkland Islands. Neriene Oedothorax List of Linyphiidae species (I–P) "Gen. Notolinga Lavery & Dupérré, 2019". World Spider Catalog...
Eskov in 1993, and has only been found in Japan, and in Russia. List of Linyphiidae species "Gen. Ainerigone Eskov, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20...
Maya-Morales in 2021, and it has only been found in Mexico. List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z) "Gen. Xim Ibarra-Núñez, Chamé-Vázquez & Maya-Morales, 2021"...
Peng, 2021 – China A. parvus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China List of Linyphiidae species (A–H) "Gen. Acroterius Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021". World Spider...
Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Russia, and United Kingdom. List of Linyphiidae species (I–P) "Gen. Karita Tanasevitch, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version...
Miller in 2004, and has only been found in the Philippines. List of Linyphiidae species "Gen. Apobrata Miller, 2004". World Spider Catalog Version 20...
Merrett in 2004, and has only been found in Middle Africa. List of Linyphiidae species (A–H) "Gen. Gibbafroneta Merrett, 2004". World Spider Catalog...
Eskov in 1993, and has only been found in Japan and Russia. List of Linyphiidae species (I–P) "Gen. Nispa Eskov, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version...
only three species: B. berlandi, B. cavicola, and B. negrei. List of Linyphiidae species "Gen. Bordea Bosmans, 1995". World Spider Catalog Version 20...
New Zealand Novalaetesia atra Blest & Vink, 2003 – New Zealand List of Linyphiidae species (I–P) "Gen. Novalaetesia Millidge, 1988". World Spider Catalog...
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