''Baryphyma trifrons'' is a
species
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of
dwarf spider
Erigoninae are the largest subfamily of sheet weavers (Linyphiidae), which is itself the second largest spider family. In the United States they are known as dwarf spiders, while they are called money spiders in England. The exact taxonomic limit ...
in the
family
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Linyphiidae
Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and in Portugal, from the superstition that if such a spider is seen running on you, ...
.
[ It is found in North America, Europe, ]the Caucasus
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, and in a range from Russian Europe to the Far East).[
]
Subspecies
These two subspecies
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belong to the species ''Baryphyma trifrons'':
* ''Baryphyma trifrons affine'' (Schenkel, 1930) i
* ''Baryphyma trifrons trifrons'' (O. P.-Cambridge, 1863) i
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
References
Linyphiidae
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Spiders described in 1863
Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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