Pityohyphantes

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

Sexually dimorphic male and female

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]

Species

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

• Pityohyphantes alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada^[3]
• Pityohyphantes brachygynus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada^[3]
• Pityohyphantes costatus (Hentz, 1850) – USA, Canada^[3]
  • Pityohyphantes c. annulipes (Banks, 1892) – North America
• Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada^[3]
  • Pityohyphantes c. coloradensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
• Pityohyphantes hesperus (Chamberlin, 1920) – USA
• Pityohyphantes kamela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada^[3]
• Pityohyphantes limitaneus (Emerton, 1915) – USA, Canada
• Pityohyphantes lomondensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – USA
• Pityohyphantes minidoka Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA, Canada^[3]
• 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

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

External links

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.