Hammock spiders | |
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P. phrygianus | |
Scientific classification | |
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 |
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]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in Europe and Eastern Europe: [1]
Hammock spiders | |
---|---|
P. phrygianus | |
Scientific classification | |
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 |
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]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in Europe and Eastern Europe: [1]