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Hylyphantes

Genus of spiders

Genus of spiders

Hylyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. 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. Both sexes are similar in appearance; the male has no modifications.

Species

it contains five species, found in China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam:

  • Hylyphantes geniculatus Tu & Li, 2003 – China
  • Hylyphantes graminicola (Sundevall, 1830) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Hylyphantes nigritus (Simon, 1881) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
  • Hylyphantes spirellus Tu & Li, 2005 – China
  • Hylyphantes tanikawai Ono & Saito, 2001 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)

References

References

  1. (2019). "Gen. Hylyphantes Simon, 1884". Natural History Museum Bern.
  2. Simon, E.. (1884). "Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie".
  3. (2003). "A review of the spider genus ''Hylyphantes'' (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from China". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.
  4. Wunderlich, J.. (1970). "Zur Synonymie einiger Spinnen-Gattungen und -Arten aus Europa und Nordamerika (Arachnida: Araneae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica.
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