''Phylloneta'' 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 comb-footed spiders formerly considered a sub-genus of ''Allotheridion'', and raised to genus status in 2008. The type species was first described by

Eugen von Keyserling Eugen von Keyserling (22 March 1833 in Pockroy, Lithuania – 4 April 1889 in Dzierżoniów, Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and G ...

in 1884 as ''Theridion pictipes''. it contains three species and two subspecies with a

holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical regi ...

distribution: '' P. impressa'', '' P. pictipes'', '' P. sisyphia'', ''P. s. foliifera'', and ''P. s. torandae''.

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