''Linyphia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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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Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

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Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

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Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

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, and the

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: *'' L. adstricta'' ( Keyserling, 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'' (

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, 1909) – Costa Rica *'' L. calcarifera'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Panama, Colombia *'' L. catalina'' Gertsch, 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 in Högestad – 2 February 1875) was a Swedish zoologist. Sundevall studied at Lund University, where he received a Ph.D. in 1823. After traveling to East Asia, he studied medicine, graduating as a Doctor ...

, 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'' (

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& Ivie, 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 &

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, 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''

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, 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

References

Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Linyphiidae Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille Long stubs with short prose {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

See also

References