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''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
Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...
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Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , religi ...
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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...
, Australia,
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...
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Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...
, China, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
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France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
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Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
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Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...
, Guatemala, Guyana,
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
,
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, Japan,
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...
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Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
,
Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
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Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
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Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
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Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...
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Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
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Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...
, Sweden, Switzerland,
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
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Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
, and the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
: *'' L. adstricta'' (
Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk: * Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist * Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist * Hermann ...
, 1886)
– Utah, Baja California *'' 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 Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider. Gertsch was born ...
, 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''
Sundevall Carl Jakob Sundevall (22 October 1801, Högestad – 2 February 1875) was a Swedish zoologist. Sundevall studied at Lund University, where he became a Ph.D. in 1823. After traveling to East Asia, he studied medicine, graduating as Doctor of Med ...
, 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 &
Ivie Ivie is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Ivie Anderson (1904–1949), American jazz singer *Ivie Okujaye (born 1987), Nigerian actress and television producer *Ivie Richardson (1895–1960), South Africa ...
, 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) (
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) – 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


See also

*
List of Linyphiidae species (I–P) This page lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of July 12, 2020, from I to P, of World Spider Catalog version 21.0 ''Ibadana'' ''Ibadana'' Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 * '' Ibadana cuspidata'' Locket & Russell-Smith, ...


References

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