Hylyphantes

Hylyphantes
H. gramnicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Subfamily: Erigoninae
Genus: Hylyphantes
Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
H. nigritus
(Simon, 1881)
Species

5, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Erigonidium Smith, 1904[2]

Hylyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.[3] It is distinct from related genera by a pair of spiral copulatory ducts in the female, which are matched by a turbinated embolus in the male.[4] Both sexes are similar in appearance; the male has no modifications.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (1970). "Zur Synonymie einiger Spinnen-Gattungen und -Arten aus Europa und Nordamerika (Arachnida: Araneae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 51: 406.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie.
  4. ^ a b Tu, L.; Li, S. (2003). "A review of the spider genus Hylyphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from China" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 51 (2): 209–214. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2006-12-22.