Diplothyron

Diplothyron
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Diplothyron Millidge, 1991
Type species
Diplothyron fuscus Millidge, 1991
Species
12, see text

Diplothyron is a genus of South American dwarf spiders. It was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991. ^[1]

Species

As of February 2023 ^[update] , it contains twelve species: ^[2]

• Diplothyron ballesterosi Silva-Moreira & Hormiga, 2022 — Mexico
• Diplothyron chiapasius (Gertsch & Davis, 1946) — Mexico, Honduras
• Diplothyron dianae Silva-Moreira & Hormiga, 2022 — Costa Rica, Panama
• Diplothyron fuscus Millidge, 1991 (type) — Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
• Diplothyron linguatulus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) — Mexico, Guatemala
• Diplothyron monteverde Silva-Moreira & Hormiga, 2022 — Costa Rica
• Diplothyron nigritus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) — Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
• Diplothyron nubilosus Silva-Moreira & Hormiga, 2022 — Costa Rica, Panama
• Diplothyron sandrae Silva-Moreira & Hormiga, 2022 — Costa Rica
• Diplothyron simplicata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) — Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama
• Diplothyron solitarius Silva-Moreira & Hormiga, 2022 — Guatemala
• Diplothyron trifalcatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) — Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

References

1. Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.
2. "Gen. Diplothyron Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 13 February 2023.