Pityohyphantes
| Hammock spiders | |
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| P. phrygianus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Pityohyphantes Simon, 1929[1] |
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(C. L. Koch, 1836)
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16, see text | |
Sexually dimorphic male and female
Pityohyphantes, commonly known as hammock spiders, is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1929.[2] The name comes from the Ancient Greek Πίτυς (pitys), meaning "pine", and hyphantes, meaning "weaver".[3]
Species[]
As of May 2019 it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in Europe and Eastern Europe:[1]
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada[3]
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes costatus (Hentz, 1850) – USA, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes c. annulipes (Banks, 1892) – North America
- Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes c. coloradensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
- (Chamberlin, 1920) – USA
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada[3]
- (Emerton, 1915) – USA, Canada
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – USA
- Pityohyphantes minidoka Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada[3]
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
- (L. Koch, 1870) – Central, Eastern Europe
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
- (C. L. Koch, 1836) (type) – Europe, Russia to Kazakhstan, Japan
- Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus (Keyserling, 1886) – USA, Canada
- Pityohyphantes subarcticus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – Canada, USA (Alaska)
- Pityohyphantes tacoma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
See also[]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Pityohyphantes Simon, 1929". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ Simon, E. (1929). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 3e partie. Roret, Paris. pp. 533–772.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Genus Pityohyphantes". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
Categories:
- Araneomorphae genera
- Linyphiidae
- Spiders of North America
- Linyphiidae stubs