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Hylyphantes Simon 1884

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Genus Hylyphantes Simon, 1884

Hylyphantes Simon, 1884: 463.

Type species. – Erigone nigrita Simon, 1881, by monotypy.

Generic diagnosis. – Tm I 0.60-0.65, Tm IV present, tibial spines 2-2-1-1. Both sexes are similar in general appearance, male head without modification. Male palp tibia has three trichobothria. The male Hylyphantes can be distinguished from other erigonine genera by: 1) the turbinated embolus; 2) the plate-shaped, bifurcated (with thumb-shaped upper ramus) paracymbium; 3) protegulum membranous with numerous papillae and a tail- shaped tip. The female Hylyphantes can be identified by a pair of spiral copulatory ducts.

Description. – See Simon (1884).

Notes

Published as part of Tu, Lihong & Li, Shuqiang, 2003, A Review Of The Spider Genus Hylyphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae) From China, pp. 209-214 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2) on page 209, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619391

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Simon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Linyphiidae
Genus
Hylyphantes
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Hylyphantes Simon, 1884 sec. Tu & Li, 2003

References

  • Simon, E., 1884. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 5: 421 - 885.
  • Simon, E., 1881. Description d'especes nouvelles du genre Erigone. Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France, 6: 233 - 257.