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 it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in Europe and North America:[1]
- Pityohyphantes alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes brachygynus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes costatus (Hentz, 1850) – US, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes c. annulipes (Banks, 1892) – North America
- Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes c. coloradensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US
- Pityohyphantes hesperus (Chamberlin, 1920) – US
- Pityohyphantes kamela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes limitaneus (Emerton, 1915) – US, Canada
- Pityohyphantes lomondensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – US
- Pityohyphantes minidoka Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada[3]
- Pityohyphantes navajo Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US
- Pityohyphantes palilis (L. Koch, 1870) – Central, Eastern Europe
- Pityohyphantes pallidus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US
- Pityohyphantes phrygianus (C. L. Koch, 1836) (type) – Europe, Russia to Kazakhstan, Japan
- Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus (Keyserling, 1886) – US, Canada
- Pityohyphantes subarcticus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – Canada, US (Alaska)
- Pityohyphantes tacoma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Genus Pityohyphantes". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
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