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of sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1978.

Species

it contains five species, found in

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Saaristoa abnormis ''Saaristoa'' is a genus of Linyphiidae, sheet weavers that was first described by A. F. Millidge, Alfred Frank Millidge in 1978. Species it contains five species, found in Europe, the United States, and Japan: *''Saaristoa abnormis'' (Blackwall ...

'' (Blackwall, 1841) ( type) – Europe *'' Saaristoa ebinoensis'' (Oi, 1979) – Japan *''

Saaristoa firma ''Saaristoa'' is a genus of Linyphiidae, sheet weavers that was first described by A. F. Millidge, Alfred Frank Millidge in 1978. Species it contains five species, found in Europe, the United States, and Japan: *''Saaristoa abnormis'' (Blackwall ...

'' (

O. Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...

, 1906) – Europe *''

Saaristoa nipponica ''Saaristoa'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1978. Species it contains five species, found in Europe, the United States, and Japan: *''Saaristoa abnormis'' (Blackwall, 1841) ( type) – Europe ...

'' (Saito, 1984) – Japan *''

Saaristoa sammamish ''Saaristoa sammamish'' is a species of sheetweb spider in the family Linyphiidae Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, ...

'' ( L. R. Levi & H. W. Levi, 1955) – USA

References

Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Palearctic spiders Spiders of Europe Spiders of Asia Spiders of North America {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

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