Anthrobia acuminata

(Emerton, 1913)

Anthrobia acuminata is a of sheet-web weaver spider in the Linyphiidae, described by Emerton in 1913. This spider belongs to a large family of small-bodied arachnids commonly known as money spiders or sheet-web weavers, characterized by their distinctive flat, horizontal web architecture. The Anthrobia is part of the diverse North American linyphiid fauna. Specific ecological and behavioral details for this species remain poorly documented in available literature.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Anthrobia acuminata: /ænˈθroʊ.bi.ə əˌkjuː.mɪˈneɪ.tə/

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Distribution

United States

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Taxonomic placement

Anthrobia acuminata was originally described by J.H. Emerton in 1913, a prominent early American arachnologist known for his detailed illustrations and descriptions of North American spiders. The Anthrobia is classified within Linyphiidae, the second-largest of spiders with over 4,300 described globally.

Data limitations

This has zero observations recorded in iNaturalist and lacks a Wikipedia summary entry, indicating substantial gaps in publicly available ecological and distributional information. The GBIF database records only generic country-level distribution data (USA) without specific locality details.