Linyphia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Subfamilia: Linyphiinae
Genus: Linyphia
Species: L. adstricta – L. albipunctata – L. alpicola – L. armata – L. bicuspis – L. bifasciata – L. bisignata – L. calcarifera – L. catalina – L. chiapasia – L. clara – L. confinis – L. consanguinea – L. cylindrata – L. decorata – L. duplicata – L. eiseni – L. emertoni – L. falculifera – L. ferentaria – L. gaoshidongensis – L. horaea – L. hortensis – L. hospita – L. hui – L. karschi – L. lambda – L. lehmanni – L. leucosternon – L. limatula – L. limbata – L. lineola – L. linguatula – L. linzhiensis – L. longiceps – L. longispina – L. ludibunda – L. lurida – L. maculosa – L. maura – L. melanoprocta – L. menyuanensis – L. mimonti – L. monticolens – L. neophita – L. nepalensis – L. nicobarensis – L. nigrita – L. nitens – L. obesa – L. obscurella – L. octopunctata – L. oligochronia – L. orophila – L. pengdangensis – L. perampla – L. peruana – L. petrunkevitchi – L. phaeochorda – L. phyllophora – L. polita – L. postica – L. rita – L. rubella – L. rubriceps – L. rustica – L. sagana – L. sikkimensis – L. simplicata – L. straminea – L. subluteae – L. tauphora – L. tenuipalpis – L. textrix – L. triangularis – L. triangularoides – L. trifalcata – L. triumphalis – L. tuasivia – L. tubernaculofaciens – L. urbasae – L. virgata – L. xilitla
Name

Linyphia Latreille, 1804

Type species: Araneus triangularis Clerck, 1757
References

Helsdingen, P. J. van. 1969. A reclassification of the species of Linyphia Latreille based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), I. Zoologische Verhandelingen 105: 1–303.
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Linyphia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.[2] The name is Greek, and means "thread-weaver" or "linen maker".[3]
Species

As of May 2021 it contains seventy-eight species, found in Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Russia, Samoa, Sweden, Switzerland, São Tomé and Príncipe, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States:[1]

L. adstricta (Keyserling, 1886) – Utah, Baja California[4][5]
L. albipunctata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China (Yarkand)
L. alpicola van Helsdingen, 1969 – Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria)
L. armata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
L. bicuspis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico
L. bifasciata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica
L. bisignata (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
L. calcarifera (Keyserling, 1886) – Panama, Colombia
L. catalina Gertsch, 1951 – Arizona (Chiricahua Mountain Area)[4][6]
L. chiapasia Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico
L. chiridota (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar, Thailand
L. clara (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
L. confinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Guatemala
L. consanguinea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China (Yarkand)
L. cylindrata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
L. decorata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
L. duplicata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico, Guatemala
L. eiseni Banks, 1898 – Mexico
L. emertoni Thorell, 1875 – Labrador, Canada[4][7]
L. falculifera (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica
L. ferentaria (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
L. horaea (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia
L. hortensis Sundevall, 1830 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia
L. hospita (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia
L. hui Hu, 2001 – China
L. karschi Roewer, 1942 – São Tomé and Príncipe
L. lambda (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Guatemala
L. lehmanni Simon, 1903 – Argentina
L. leucosternon White, 1841 – Brazil
L. limatula Simon, 1904 – Chile
L. limbata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico, Guatemala
L. lineola Pavesi, 1883 – Ethiopia
L. linguatula (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Guatemala
L. linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – China
L. longiceps (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
L. longispina (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico
L. ludibunda (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
L. lurida (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia
L. maculosa (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
L. maura Thorell, 1875 – Western Mediterranean
L. melanoprocta Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina
L. menyuanensis Hu, 2001 – China
L. mimonti Simon, 1885 – Italy, Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Lebanon, Israel
L. monticolens Roewer, 1942 – Peru
L. neophita Hentz, 1850 – North Carolina[4][8]
L. nepalensis Wunderlich, 1983 – Nepal
L. nigrita (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico, Guatemala
L. nitens Urquhart, 1893 – Australia (Tasmania)
L. obesa Thorell, 1875 – Sweden
L. obscurella Roewer, 1942 – Brazil
L. octopunctata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – Panama
L. oligochronia (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
L. orophila Thorell, 1877 – Colorado (Gray's Peak)[4][9]
L. peruana (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
L. petrunkevitchi Roewer, 1942 – Guatemala
L. phaeochorda Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Norfolk Is.)
L. phyllophora Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
L. polita Blackwall, 1870 – Italy (Sicily)
L. postica (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
L. rita Gertsch, 1951 – Arizona (Chiricahua Mountain Area)[4][6]
L. rubella Keyserling, 1886 – Peru
L. rubriceps (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
L. rustica (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico
L. sagana Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan
L. sikkimensis Tikader, 1970 – India
L. simplicata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Guatemala
L. subluteae Urquhart, 1893 – Australia (Tasmania)
L. tauphora Chamberlin, 1928 – Utah (Zion National Park) & Washington (San Juan County)[4][10]
L. tenuipalpis Simon, 1884 – Algeria, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
L. textrix Walckenaer, 1841 – USA (Georgia)[4]
L. triangularis (Clerck, 1757) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, China. Introduced to USA
L. triangularoides Schenkel, 1936 – China, USA (Introduced)[11]
L. trifalcata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Guatemala
L. tuasivia Marples, 1955 – Samoa, Cook Is. (Aitutaki)
L. tubernaculofaciens Hingston, 1932 – Guyana
L. virgata (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
L. xilitla Gertsch & Davis, 1946 – Mexico
L. yangmingensis Yin, 2012 – China

See also

List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

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"Genus Linyphia". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
Paquin, Pierre; Buckle, Donald J. (2001). Contributions à la connaissance des Araignées (Araneae) d'Amérique du Nord. Fabreries, Supplément 10. Association des entomologistes amateurs du Québec inc. (AEAQ).
Petrunkevitch, Alexander (1911). "A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, etc". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 29: 1–791.
Jung, Albert; Roth, Vincent (1974). "Spiders of the Chiricahua Mountain area, Cochise Co. , Arizona". Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science. 9 (1): 29–34. doi:10.2307/40021934. JSTOR 40021934.
Paquin; et al. (2010). "Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Canada and Alaska". Zootaxa. 2461: 1–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2461.1.1.
Hentz, Nicholas (1850). "Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States". Boston Journal of Natural History. 6: 18–35, 271–295.
Thorell, Tamerlan (1877). "Descriptions of the Araneae collected in Colorado in 1875, by A. S. Packard Jr., M. D.". Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. 3: 477–529.
Chamberlin, Ralph; Gertsch, Willis (1928). "Notes on spiders from southeastern Utah". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 41: 175–188.
Jennings, Daniel T.; Catley, Kefyn M.; Graham, Frank (2002). "Linyphia triangularis, a Palearctic spider (Araneae, Linyphiidae) new to North America". Journal of Arachnology. 30 (3): 455–460. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0455:LTAPSA]2.0.CO;2.