Biology:Pityohyphantes

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Hammock spiders
Pityohyphantes.phrygianus.-.lindsey.jpg
P. phrygianus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

16, see text

Hammock Spiders male and female (Pityohyphantes)
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]

  • Pityohyphantes alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada[3]
  • Pityohyphantes brachygynus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada[3]
  • Pityohyphantes costatus (Hentz, 1850) – USA, Canada[3]
  • Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada[3]
  • 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

Image of a female P. tacoma

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Pityohyphantes Simon, 1929. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1552. Retrieved 2019-06-22. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Genus Pityohyphantes". BugGuide. https://bugguide.net/node/view/33338. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2797420 entry