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title: "Sierra Dome Spider"
description: "Neriene litigiosa — Insekten & Spinnen. Neriene litigiosa, the sierra dome spider, is a species of sheet weaver spider in the family Linyphiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/sierra-dome-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sierra Dome Spider

> Neriene litigiosa — Insekten & Spinnen. Neriene litigiosa, the sierra dome spider, is a species of sheet weaver spider in the family Linyphiidae.

- Scientific name: *Neriene litigiosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3580
- Wikidata: [Q2056892](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2056892)
- iNaturalist taxon: [209814](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/209814)

## Names

- en: Sierra Dome Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (1672), CA (205)

## Summary

Neriene litigiosa, the sierra dome spider, is a species of sheet weaver spider in the family Linyphiidae. It is found in North America and has been introduced into China. This species' complex mating system has been under study since 1980 at University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station by Dr. Paul J. Watson.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neriene_litigiosa

## Photo

![Sierra Dome Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sierra-dome-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dorothy Johnson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6150840

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sierra-dome-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).