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

16, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in Europe and Eastern Europe:[1]

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See also

Image of a female P. tacoma

References

  1. "Gen. Pityohyphantes Simon, 1929". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. 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. "Genus Pityohyphantes". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-22.


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