Linyphia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. The name is Greek, and means "thread-weaver" or "linen maker".
Distribution
Linyphia is found on all continents except Antarctica.
Species
, this genus includes seventy species:
- L. adstricta <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â United States
- L. albipunctata <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885</small> â Pakistan
- L. alpicola <small>van Helsdingen, 1969</small> â Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria)
- L. armata <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> â Brazil
- L. bicuspis <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)</small> â Mexico
- L. bifasciata <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)</small> â Costa Rica
- L. bisignata <small>(Banks, 1909)</small> â Costa Rica
- L. calcarifera <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â Panama, Colombia
- L. catalina <small>Gertsch, 1951</small> â United States
- L. chiridota <small>(Thorell, 1895)</small> â Myanmar, Thailand
- L. clara <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> â Brazil
- L. confinis <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902</small> â Guatemala
- L. consanguinea <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885</small> â Pakistan, India?
- L. cylindrata <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> â Brazil
- L. decorata <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> â Brazil
- L. duplicata <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)</small> â Mexico, Guatemala
- L. eiseni <small>Banks, 1898</small> â Mexico
- L. falculifera <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)</small> â Costa Rica
- L. ferentaria <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â Peru
- L. gaoshidongensis <small>Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022</small> â China
- L. horaea <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â Colombia
- L. hortensis <small>Sundevall, 1830</small> â Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia
- L. hospita <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â Colombia
- L. hui <small>Hu, 2001</small> â China
- L. lambda <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)</small> â Guatemala
- L. lehmanni <small>Simon, 1903</small> â Argentina
- L. leucosternon <small>White, 1841</small> â Brazil
- L. limatula <small>Simon, 1904</small> â Chile
- L. limbata <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)</small> â Mexico, Guatemala
- L. linzhiensis <small>Hu, 2001</small> â China
- L. longiceps <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> â Brazil
- L. longispina <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)</small> â Mexico
- L. ludibunda <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â Peru
- L. lurida <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â Colombia
- L. maculosa <small>(Banks, 1909)</small> â Costa Rica
- L. maura <small>Thorell, 1875</small> â Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia), Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Cyprus
- L. melanoprocta <small>Mello-Leitão, 1944</small> â Argentina
- L. menyuanensis <small>Hu, 2001</small> â China
- L. mimonti <small>Simon, 1885</small> â Italy (incl. Sicily), Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Lebanon, Israel
- L. monticolens <small>Roewer, 1942</small> â Peru
- L. nepalensis <small>Wunderlich, 1983</small> â Nepal
- L. nitens <small>Urquhart, 1893</small> â Australia (Tasmania)
- L. obesa <small>Thorell, 1875</small> â Sweden
- L. obscurella <small>Roewer, 1942</small> â Brazil
- L. octopunctata <small>(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936)</small> â Panama
- L. oligochronia <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â Peru
- L. orophila <small>Thorell, 1877</small> â United States
- L. pengdangensis <small>Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022</small> â China
- L. peruana <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â Peru
- L. phaeochorda <small>Rainbow, 1920</small> â Australia (Norfolk Is.)
- L. phyllophora <small>Thorell, 1890</small> â Indonesia (Sumatra)
- L. polita <small>Blackwall, 1870</small> â Italy (Sicily)
- L. postica <small>(Banks, 1909)</small> â Costa Rica
- L. rita <small>Gertsch, 1951</small> â United States
- L. rubella <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> â Peru
- L. rubriceps <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> â Brazil
- L. rustica <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)</small> â Mexico
- L. sagana <small>Dönitz & Strand, 1906</small> â Japan
- L. sikkimensis <small>Tikader, 1970</small> â India
- L. songziyuanensis <small>Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025</small> â China
- L. subluteae <small>Urquhart, 1893</small> â Australia (Tasmania)
- L. tauphora <small>Chamberlin, 1928</small> â United States
- L. tenuipalpis <small>Simon, 1884</small> â Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
- L. textrix <small>Walckenaer, 1841</small> â United States
- L. triangularis <small>(Clerck, 1757)</small> â Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, China. Introduced to Canada, United States
- L. triangularoides <small>Schenkel, 1936</small> â China
- L. tuasivia <small>Marples, 1955</small> â Samoa, Cook Islands (Aitutaki)
- L. tubernaculofaciens <small>Hingston, 1932</small> â Guyana
- L. virgata <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> â Peru
- L. yangmingensis <small>Yin, 2012</small> â China
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