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Glyphesis

Glyphesis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926.

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Glyphesis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Glyphesis
Simon, 19261
Type species
G. servulus
(Simon, 1881)
Species

7, see text

Glyphesis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926.2

Species

As of May 2019 it contains seven species, found in Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and the United States:1

  • Glyphesis asiaticus Eskov, 1989 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
  • Glyphesis cottonae (La Touche, 1946) – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Japan
  • Glyphesis idahoanus (Chamberlin, 1949) – USA
  • Glyphesis nemoralis Esyunin & Efimik, 1994 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
  • Glyphesis scopulifer (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
  • Glyphesis servulus (Simon, 1881) (type) – Europe
  • Glyphesis taoplesius Wunderlich, 1969 – Denmark, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia (Europe)
References

References

  1. "Gen. Glyphesis Simon, 1926". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. Simon, E. (1926). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 2e partie.