Microlinyphia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Linyphiidae Rank Genus		Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Araneomorphae Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider
Similar Microlinyphia pusilla, Bathyphantes, Tenuiphantes, Neriene, Linyphia

Ant mimic spider linyphiidae microlinyphia mandibulata on wall

Microlinyphia is a genus of spiders in the Linyphiidae family. It was first described in 1928 by Gerhardt. As of 2017, it contains 13 species.

Microlinyphia comprises the following species:

Microlinyphia aethiopica (Tullgren, 1910) (East Africa)

Microlinyphia cylindriformis Jocqué, 1985 (Comoro Is.)

Microlinyphia dana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) (USA, Canada, Alaska)

Microlinyphia delesserti (Caporiacco, 1949) (Tanzania, Uganda, Congo)

Microlinyphia impigra (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) (Holarctic)

Microlinyphia johnsoni (Blackwall, 1859) (Madeira, Canary Is.)

Microlinyphia mandibulata (Emerton, 1882) (USA)

Microlinyphia mandibulata punctata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) (USA, Canada)

Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall, 1830) (Holarctic)

Microlinyphia pusilla quadripunctata (Strand, 1903) (Norway)

Microlinyphia simoni van Helsdingen, 1970 (Madagascar)

Microlinyphia sterilis (Pavesi, 1883) (Central, East, Southern Africa; China)

Microlinyphia zhejiangensis (Chen, 1991) (China)

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