''Silometopus'' is a

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of sheet weavers that was first described by

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Silometopus acutus ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *''

Silometopus ambiguus ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *''Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' S ...

'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906) – Western and northern Europe *''

Silometopus bonessi ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *''Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' S ...

'' Casemir, 1970 – Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia *''

Silometopus braunianus ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *''Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' S ...

'' Thaler, 1978 – Alps (Switzerland, Italy, Austria) *''

Silometopus crassipedis ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan *''

Silometopus curtus ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' (Simon, 1881) (

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Silometopus elegans ''Silometopus elegans'' is a species of spiders in the family Linyphiidae found in Europe. It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1873, as ''Erigone elegans''. It was transferred to the genus ''Silometopus'' by Eugène Simon in ...

'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Central Asia/Siberia) *''

Silometopus elton ''Silometopus'' is a genus of Linyphiidae, sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *''Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Polan ...

'' Tanasevitch & Grushko, 2020 – Russia (Europe) *''

Silometopus graecus ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' Bosmans, 2020 – Greece *''

Silometopus incurvatus ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Central Asia *''

Silometopus minutus ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *''Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' S ...

'' Tanasevitch, 2016 – Israel *''

Silometopus nitidithorax ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' (Simon, 1915) – France, Greece *''

Silometopus pectinatus ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' Tanasevitch, 2016 – Israel *''

Silometopus reussi ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' ( Thorell, 1871) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China *''

Silometopus rosemariae ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' Wunderlich, 1969 – Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy *''

Silometopus sachalinensis ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' (Eskov & Marusik, 1994) – Russia (Sakhalin), Japan *''

Silometopus tenuispinus ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' Denis, 1950 – France, Andorra *''

Silometopus uralensis ''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe: *'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe) *'' ...

'' Tanasevitch, 1985 – Russia (Urals to Central Asia/Siberia)

References

Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Palearctic spiders Spiders of Asia {{Linyphiidae-stub

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