''Linyphia'' is a

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of dwarf spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. The name is Greek, and means "thread-weaver" or "linen maker".

Species

it contains seventy-eight species, found in

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: *'' L. adstricta'' ( Keyserling, 1886) – Utah, Baja California *'' L. albipunctata''

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, 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''

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, 1951 – Arizona (Chiricahua Mountain Area) *'' 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 *'' L. falculifera'' (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica *'' L. ferentaria'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru *'' L. horaea'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia *'' L. hortensis''

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, 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 *'' 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 &

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, 1936) – Panama *'' L. oligochronia'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru *'' L. orophila'' Thorell, 1877 – Colorado (Gray's Peak) *'' 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) *'' 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) *'' L. tenuipalpis'' Simon, 1884 – Algeria, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) *'' L. textrix'' Walckenaer, 1841 – USA (Georgia) *'' 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) *'' 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

References

Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Linyphiidae Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

See also

References