Hylyphantes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Linyphiidae |
Subfamily: | Erigoninae |
Genus: |
Hylyphantes Simon, 1884 |
Type species | |
Erigone nigrita Simon, 1881 |
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Species | |
See text. |
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Diversity | |
5 species |
See text.
Hylyphantes is a genus of linyphiid spiders.
Both sexes are similar in appearance, the male has no modifications. The genus is distinct from related genera by a pair of spiral copulatory ducts in the female, which is matched by a turbinated embolus in the male.