''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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, Sweden, Switzerland,

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, and the

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: *'' 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'' (

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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, 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 Me ...

, 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 Carl Friedrich Roewer (12 October 1881, in Neustrelitz – 17 June 1963) was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third (2,260) of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerou ...

, 1942 – São Tomé and Príncipe *'' L. lambda'' (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Guatemala *'' L. lehmanni''

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, 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''

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, 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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, 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''

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, 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 {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

See also

References