| Gongylidioides | |
|---|---|
 | |
| G. onoi, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Gongylidioides Oi, 1960 [1] |
| Type species | |
| G. cucullatus Oi, 1960 | |
| Species | |
18, see text | |
Gongylidioides is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Oi in 1960. [2]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains eighteen species, found in China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam: [1]
Linyphiidae is a family of very small spiders comprising 4667 described species in 618 genera worldwide. This makes Linyphiidae the second largest family of spiders after the Salticidae. The family is poorly known; new genera and species are still being discovered throughout the world. The newest such genus is Yuelushannus from China, formally described in May 2020. Because of the difficulty in identifying such tiny spiders, there are regular changes in taxonomy as species are combined or divided.
Neriene is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833.
Clubiona is a genus of sac spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.
Hylyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. It is distinct from related genera by a pair of spiral copulatory ducts in the female, which are matched by a turbinated embolus in the male. Both sexes are similar in appearance; the male has no modifications.
Walckenaeria is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833. It is a senior synonym of Paragonatium, as well as Wideria, Cornicularia, Prosopotheca, Tigellinus, and Trachynella.
Erigone is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826. They are carnivorous, preying on small insects such as psylla and flies. One of the distinctive characters for this genus is the presence of teeth bordering the carapace.
Bathyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.
Agyneta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.
Iwogumoa is a genus of Asian funnel weavers first described by Kyukichi Kishida in 1955.
Arcuphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1943.
Gnathonarium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1881.
Nippononeta is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1992.
Oedothorax is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by A. Förster & Philipp Bertkau in 1883.
Paikiniana is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1992.
Ummeliata is a genus of Asian sheet weavers that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1942.
Lysiteles is a genus of Asian crab spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.