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]

Hammock spiders
P. phrygianus
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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

Species

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

See also

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Image of a female P. tacoma

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e f g "Genus Pityohyphantes". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-22.