| Tmeticus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Tmeticus Menge, 1868 [1] |
| Type species | |
| T. affinis (Blackwall, 1855) | |
| Species | |
9, see text | |
Tmeticus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868. [2]
As of June 2022 [update] it contains nine species, found in Europe, North America, Siberia, East Asia, and the Urals: [1]
Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers, or money spiders is a family of very small spiders comprising 4706 described species in 620 genera worldwide. This makes Linyphiidae the second largest family of spiders after the Salticidae. The family is poorly understood due to their small body size and wide distribution, new genera and species are still being discovered throughout the world. The newest such genus is Himalafurca from Nepal, formally described in April 2021 by Tanasevitch. Since it is so difficult to identify such tiny spiders, there are regular changes in taxonomy as species are combined or divided.
Attulus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. The name is a diminutive form of a common prefix for salticid genera, -attus.
Ozyptila is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864. It has been misspelled as "Oxyptila" in multiple accounts.
Clubiona is a genus of sac spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.
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.
Dictyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.
Euryopis is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.
Lepthyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.
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.
Dicymbium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.
Hilaira is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
Incestophantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 1992.
Psammitis is a genus of crab spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1876.