''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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, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Myanmar, 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 Long stubs with short prose {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

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