''Pityohyphantes'', commonly known as hammock spiders, is a

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of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1929. The name comes from the

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(''pitys''), meaning "pine", and ''hyphantes'', meaning "weaver".

Species

it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in

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and

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: *'' Pityohyphantes alticeps''

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& Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada *'' Pityohyphantes brachygynus'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US, Canada *'' Pityohyphantes costatus'' ( Hentz, 1850) – US, Canada **'' Pityohyphantes c. annulipes'' (

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, 1892) – North America *''

Pityohyphantes cristatus ''Pityohyphantes cristatus'' is a species of sheetweb spider in the family Linyphiidae Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zeala ...

'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US, Canada **'' Pityohyphantes c. coloradensis'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US *'' Pityohyphantes hesperus'' (Chamberlin, 1920) – US *'' Pityohyphantes kamela'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada *'' Pityohyphantes limitaneus'' ( Emerton, 1915) – US, Canada *''

Pityohyphantes lomondensis ''Pityohyphantes'', commonly known as hammock spiders, is a genus of Linyphiidae, sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1929. The name comes from the Ancient Greek (''pitys''), meaning "pine", and ''hyp ...

'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – US *'' Pityohyphantes minidoka'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada *'' Pityohyphantes navajo'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US *'' Pityohyphantes palilis'' ( L. Koch, 1870) – Central, Eastern Europe *'' Pityohyphantes pallidus'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US *'' Pityohyphantes phrygianus'' (C. L. Koch, 1836) (

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) – Europe, Russia to Kazakhstan, Japan *''

Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus ''Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus'' is a species of sheetweb spider in the family Linyphiidae Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New ...

'' ( Keyserling, 1886) – US, Canada *'' Pityohyphantes subarcticus'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – Canada, US (Alaska) *'' Pityohyphantes tacoma'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US

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Image of a female ''P. tacoma''
Linyphiidae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of North America Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

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