Microlinyphia

Microlinyphia
M. pusilla
male M. sterilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928 [1]
Type species
Linyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830
Species
11, see text
Synonyms [1]
Bonnetiella Caporiacco, 1949 [2] Pusillia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 [3]

Microlinyphia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by U. Gerhardt in 1928. ^[4]

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes thirteen species and one subspecies: ^[1]

• Microlinyphia aethiopica (Tullgren, 1910) – East Africa
• Microlinyphia cylindriformis Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros
• Microlinyphia dana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) – Alaska, Canada, United States
• Microlinyphia delesserti (Caporiacco, 1949) – Tanzania, Uganda, DR Congo
• Microlinyphia impigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
• Microlinyphia johnsoni (Blackwall, 1859) – Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands
• Microlinyphia mandibulata (Emerton, 1882) – Alaska, Canada, United States
  • M. m. punctata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) – Canada, United States
• Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall, 1830) – North America, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, China, Mongolia, Japan. Introduced to St. Helena (type species)
• Microlinyphia rehaiensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China, Vietnam
• Microlinyphia simoni van Helsdingen, 1970 – Madagascar
• Microlinyphia spiralis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Microlinyphia sterilis (Pavesi, 1883) – Central, east and southern Africa. Introduced to China
• Microlinyphia zhejiangensis (Chen, 1991) – China

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
2. Helsdingen, P. J. van (1970). "A reclassification of the species of Linyphia based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), II". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 111: 4.
3. Wiehle, H. (1956). "Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen". Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 44: 297.
4. Gerhardt, U. (1928). "Biologische Studien an griechischen, corsischen und deutschen Spinnen". Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere. 10 (4): 576–675. doi:10.1007/BF00419324. S2CID   42362217.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Microlinyphia at iNaturalist