Hylyphantes Simon, 1884

Tu, Lihong & Li, Shuqiang, 2003, A Review Of The Spider Genus Hylyphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae) From China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2), pp. 209-214 : 209

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4619391
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4619287
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scientific name	Hylyphantes Simon, 1884
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Hylyphantes Simon, 1884: 463 View in CoL .

Type species. – Erigone nigrita Simon, 1881 , by monotypy.

Generic diagnosis. – Tm I 0.60-0.65, Tm IV present, tibial spines 2-2-1-1. Both sexes are similar in general appearance, male head without modification. Male palp tibia has three trichobothria. The male Hylyphantes can be distinguished from other erigonine genera by: 1) the turbinated embolus; 2) the plate-shaped, bifurcated (with thumb-shaped upper ramus) paracymbium; 3) protegulum membranous with numerous papillae and a tail- shaped tip. The female Hylyphantes can be identified by a pair of spiral copulatory ducts.

Description. – See Simon (1884).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Linyphiidae