Neriene

For the Roman goddess, see Nerio.

Neriene
Neriene clathrata
Neriene digna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Neriene Blackwall, 1833 [1]
Type species
N. clathrata (Sundevall, 1830)
Species
62, see text
Synonyms [1]
Ambengana Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 [2] NeolinyphiaOi, 1960 [3] ProlinyphiaHomann, 1952 [3]

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 ^[update] , 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

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)
• Frontinella

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.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Neriene at iNaturalist