Pityohyphantes
Hammock spiders (Pityohyphantes) 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]
| Hammock spiders | |
|---|---|
 | |
| P. phrygianus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Pityohyphantes Simon, 1929[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. phrygianus (C. L. Koch, 1836) | |
| Species | |
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16, see text | |
Species
As of May 2019 it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in Europe and Eastern Europe:[1]
- Pityohyphantes alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes brachygynus 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
- Pityohyphantes hesperus (Chamberlin, 1920) – USA
- Pityohyphantes kamela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes limitaneus (Emerton, 1915) – USA, Canada
- Pityohyphantes lomondensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – USA
- Pityohyphantes minidoka Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes navajo Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
- Pityohyphantes palilis (L. Koch, 1870) – Central, Eastern Europe
- Pityohyphantes pallidus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
- Pityohyphantes phrygianus (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
- "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.
- "Genus Pityohyphantes". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
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