| Hammock spiders | |
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| P. phrygianus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Pityohyphantes Simon, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| P. phrygianus (C. L. Koch, 1836) | |
| Species | |
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Pityohyphantes, commonly known as hammock spiders, is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1929. The name comes from the Ancient Greek Πίτυς (pitys), meaning "pine", and hyphantes, meaning "weaver".
Species
As of May 2019 it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in Europe and Eastern Europe:
- Pityohyphantes alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada
- Pityohyphantes brachygynus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada
- Pityohyphantes costatus (Hentz, 1850) – USA, Canada
- Pityohyphantes c. annulipes (Banks, 1892) – North America
- Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada
- Pityohyphantes c. coloradensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
- Pityohyphantes hesperus (Chamberlin, 1920) – USA
- Pityohyphantes kamela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada
- Pityohyphantes limitaneus (Emerton, 1915) – USA, Canada
- Pityohyphantes lomondensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – USA
- Pityohyphantes minidoka Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada
- 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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