Saaristoa

Saaristoa
	S. abnormis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Saaristoa ; Millidge, 1978
Type species
	S. abnormis ; (Blackwall, 1841)
Species
	5, see text

Last updated January 25, 2026

Saaristoa is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1978.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species, found in Europe, the United States, and Japan:^[1]

Saaristoa abnormis (Blackwall, 1841) (type) – Europe
Saaristoa ebinoensis (Oi, 1979) – Japan
Saaristoa firma (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906) – Europe
Saaristoa nipponica (Saito, 1984) – Japan
Saaristoa sammamish (L. R. Levi & H. W. Levi, 1955) – USA

References

1 2 "Gen. Saaristoa Millidge, 1978". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-23.
↑ Millidge, A.F. (1978). "The genera Saaristoa n.gen. and Metapanamomops Millidge (Araneae: Linyphiidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 4: 123.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Saaristoa Millidge, 1978". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[Mill1978-2] Millidge, A.F. (1978). "The genera Saaristoa n.gen. and Metapanamomops Millidge (Araneae: Linyphiidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 4: 123.

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Saaristoa

S. abnormis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Saaristoa Millidge, 1978^[1]
Type species
S. abnormis (Blackwall, 1841)
Species
5, see text