Dwarf-sheet-spiders

Guides

• Antistea

  dwarf sheet spiders

  Antistea is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders in the family Hahniidae, established by Eugène Simon in 1898. The genus contains only two species: A. brunnea (Palearctic) and A. elegans (Nearctic), together forming a Holarctic distribution pattern. These spiders are among the least commonly encountered hahniids due to their small size and cryptic habits.

  spidersAraneaeHahniidaedwarf-sheet-spiderscomb-tailed-spidersHolarcticcrypticsmall-size

• Neoantistea

  dwarf sheet spiders

  Neoantistea is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders in the family Hahniidae, established by Willis J. Gertsch in 1934. The genus contains approximately 25 species distributed across North America, Mexico, and parts of Asia. These spiders are characterized by their small size, with most adults under 4 mm in body length. Neoantistea is notable within the Hahniinae for being one of the few genera that constructs webs, unlike related genera such as Hahnia and Antistea.

  spidersarachnidsHahniidaedwarf-sheet-spiderscomb-tailed-spidersweb-buildingcrypticsoil-dwellingNorth-AmericaAsia