Blacktailed red sheetweaver
| Blacktailed red sheetweaver | |
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| Web of Florinda coccinea, showing stopping threads above and sheet below. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Florinda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 |
| Species: | F. coccinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Florinda coccinea (Hentz, 1850)
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The blacktailed red sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea), also known as red grass spider, is a species of dwarf spider. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Florinda. It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896, and has only been found in Mexico, the West Indies, and the United States. It is common in the southeastern United States, inhabiting grasslands, lawns, and agricultural fields.