Linyphia


Linyphia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Pierre AndrΓ© Latreille in 1804. The name is Greek, and means "thread-weaver" or "linen maker".

Distribution

Linyphia is found on all continents except Antarctica.

Species

, this genus includes seventy species:L. adstricta – United StatesL. albipunctata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – PakistanL. alpicola van Helsdingen, 1969 – Alps L. armata – BrazilL. bicuspis – MexicoL. bifasciata – Costa RicaL. bisignata – Costa RicaL. calcarifera – Panama, ColombiaL. catalina Gertsch, 1951 – United StatesL. chiridota – Myanmar, ThailandL. clara – BrazilL. confinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – GuatemalaL. consanguinea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Pakistan, India?L. cylindrata – BrazilL. decorata – BrazilL. duplicata – Mexico, GuatemalaL. eiseni Banks, 1898 – MexicoL. falculifera – Costa RicaL. ferentaria – PeruL. gaoshidongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – ChinaL. horaea – ColombiaL. hortensis Sundevall, 1830 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central AsiaL. hospita – ColombiaL. hui Hu, 2001 – ChinaL. lambda – GuatemalaL. lehmanni Simon, 1903 – ArgentinaL. leucosternon White, 1841 – BrazilL. limatula Simon, 1904 – ChileL. limbata – Mexico, GuatemalaL. linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – ChinaL. longiceps – BrazilL. longispina – MexicoL. ludibunda – PeruL. lurida – ColombiaL. maculosa – Costa RicaL. maura Thorell, 1875 – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Greece, CyprusL. melanoprocta Mello-LeitΓ£o, 1944 – ArgentinaL. menyuanensis Hu, 2001 – ChinaL. mimonti Simon, 1885 – Italy, Albania, Greece, Lebanon, IsraelL. monticolens Roewer, 1942 – PeruL. nepalensis Wunderlich, 1983 – NepalL. nitens Urquhart, 1893 – Australia L. obesa Thorell, 1875 – SwedenL. obscurella Roewer, 1942 – BrazilL. octopunctata – PanamaL. oligochronia – PeruL. orophila Thorell, 1877 – United StatesL. pengdangensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – ChinaL. peruana – PeruL. phaeochorda Rainbow, 1920 – Australia L. phyllophora Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia L. polita Blackwall, 1870 – Italy L. postica – Costa RicaL. rita Gertsch, 1951 – United StatesL. rubella Keyserling, 1886 – PeruL. rubriceps – BrazilL. rustica – MexicoL. sagana DΓΆnitz & Strand, 1906 – JapanL. sikkimensis Tikader, 1970 – IndiaL. songziyuanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – ChinaL. subluteae Urquhart, 1893 – Australia L. tauphora Chamberlin, 1928 – United StatesL. tenuipalpis Simon, 1884 – Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia L. textrix Walckenaer, 1841 – United StatesL. triangularis – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, China. Introduced to Canada, United StatesL. triangularoides Schenkel, 1936 – ChinaL. tuasivia Marples, 1955 – Samoa, Cook Islands L. tubernaculofaciens Hingston, 1932 – GuyanaL. virgata – PeruL. yangmingensis Yin, 2012 – China