Hylyphantes
| Hylyphantes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Subfamily: | Erigoninae |
| Genus: | Hylyphantes Simon, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Erigone nigrita Simon, 1881 | |
| Species | |
|
See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 5 species | |
Hylyphantes is a genus of linyphiid spiders.
Both sexes are similar in appearance, the male has no modifications. The genus is distinct from related genera by a pair of spiral copulatory ducts in the female, which is matched by a turbinated embolus in the male.[1]
Species
- Hylyphantes geniculatus Tu & Li, 2003 (China)
- Hylyphantes graminicola (Sundevall, 1830) (Palearctic)
- Hylyphantes nigritus (Simon, 1881) (Palearctic)
- Hylyphantes spirellus Tu & Li, 2005 (China)
- Hylyphantes tanikawai Ono & Saito, 2001 (Ryukyu Is.)