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Neriene

Neriene is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833.

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Neriene
Neriene clathrata
Neriene digna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Neriene
Blackwall, 18331
Type species
N. clathrata
(Sundevall, 1830)
Species

62, see text

Synonyms1
  • Ambengana Millidge & Russell-Smith, 19922
  • Neolinyphia Oi, 19603
  • Prolinyphia Homann, 19523

Neriene is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833.4

Its species are found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and on Greenland.1

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 62 species:1

  • Neriene albolimbata (Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
  • Neriene amiculata (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java)
  • Neriene angulifera (Schenkel, 1953) – Russia (Far East), China, Japan
  • Neriene aquilirostralis Chen & Zhu, 1989 – China, Korea
  • Neriene baywanga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines
  • Neriene beccarii (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Neriene birmanica (Thorell, 1887) – India, Myanmar, Laos, China, Indonesia (Bali)
  • Neriene bovista Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2022 – Korea
  • Neriene brongersmai van Helsdingen, 1969 – Japan
  • Neriene calozonata Chen & Zhu, 1989 – China
  • Neriene cavaleriei (Schenkel, 1963) – China, Vietnam
  • Neriene chunan Yin, 2012 – China
  • Neriene circifolia Zhao & Li, 2014 – China
  • Neriene clathrata (Sundevall, 1830) – North America, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan (type species)
  • Neriene clivosa Tanasevitch, 2023 – Vietnam
  • Neriene comoroensis Locket, 1980 – Comoros
  • Neriene compta Zhu & Sha, 1986 – China
  • Neriene conica (Locket, 1968) – Angola, Rwanda, Kenya
  • Neriene coosa (Gertsch, 1951) – Russia (Sakhalin), United States
  • Neriene decormaculata Chen & Zhu, 1988 – China
  • Neriene digna (Keyserling, 1886) – Alaska, Canada, United States
  • Neriene emphana (Walckenaer, 1841) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
  • Neriene flammea van Helsdingen, 1969 – South Africa
  • Neriene furtiva (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Georgia, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
  • Neriene fusca (Oi, 1960) – Japan
  • Neriene guanga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines
  • Neriene gyirongana Hu, 2001 – China
  • Neriene hammeni (van Helsdingen, 1963) – Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, China?
  • Neriene helsdingeni (Locket, 1968) – Africa
  • Neriene herbosa (Oi, 1960) – China, Japan
  • Neriene japonica (Oi, 1960) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
  • Neriene jinjooensis Paik, 1991 – Russia (South Siberia), China, Korea, Japan
  • Neriene kartala Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros
  • Neriene katyae van Helsdingen, 1969 – Sri Lanka
  • Neriene kibonotensis (Tullgren, 1910) – West, Central, East Africa
  • Neriene kimyongkii (Paik, 1965) – Korea
  • Neriene limbatinella (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
  • Neriene litigiosa (Keyserling, 1886) – North America. Introduced to China
  • Neriene longipedella (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
  • Neriene lushanensis Li, Liu & Chen, 2018 – China
  • Neriene macella (Thorell, 1898) – India, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia (peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Philippines
  • Neriene marginella (Oi, 1960) – Japan
  • Neriene montana (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, Japan. Introduced to Canada
  • Neriene natalensis van Helsdingen, 1969 – South Africa
  • Neriene nitens Zhu & Chen, 1991 – China
  • Neriene obtusa (Locket, 1968) – Africa
  • Neriene obtusoides Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
  • Neriene oidedicata van Helsdingen, 1969 – Nepal, China, Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan
  • Neriene orthocera Li, Liu & Chen, 2018 – China
  • Neriene oxycera Tu & Li, 2006 – Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Neriene peltata (Wider, 1834) – Greenland, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran
  • Neriene poculiforma Liu & Chen, 2010 – China
  • Neriene radiata (Walckenaer, 1841) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan
  • Neriene redacta Chamberlin, 1925 – United States, Brazil, Uruguay
  • Neriene strandia (Blauvelt, 1936) – China, Laos, Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Neriene subarctica Marusik, 1991 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
  • Neriene sundaica (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java, Lombok)
  • Neriene tiniktirika (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines
  • Neriene variabilis (Banks, 1892) – Canada, United States
  • Neriene yani Chen & Yin, 1999 – China
  • Neriene zanhuangica Zhu & Tu, 1986 – China
  • Neriene zhui Chen & Li, 1995 – China (Hainan)
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Gen. Neriene Blackwall, 1833". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. Xu, X.; Liu, J.; Chen, J. (2010). "Ambengana Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992, a synonym of Neriene Blackwall, 1833 (Araneae, Linyphiidae)". ZooKeys (52): 3. doi:10.3897/zookeys.52.496. PMC 3088028. PMID 21594123.
  3. Helsdingen, P. J. van (1969). "A reclassification of the species of Linyphia Latreille based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), I". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 105: 73.
  4. Blackwall, J. (1833). "Characters of some undescribed genera and species of Araneidae". London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 3 (3): 436–443.
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