''Linyphia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of dwarf spiders that was first described by

Pierre André Latreille Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoology, zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained hi ...

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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, Australia,

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, China, Colombia, Costa Rica,

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, Guatemala, Guyana,

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, Japan,

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

References

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

Species

See also

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