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Baryphyma

Baryphyma is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.

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Baryphyma
B. pratense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Baryphyma
Simon, 18841
Type species
B. pratense
(Blackwall, 1861)
Species

6, see text

Synonyms1
  • Acanthophyma Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 19742
  • Minyrioloides Schenkel, 19302
  • Porrhothrix Denis, 19453

Baryphyma is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.4

Species

As of May 2019 it contains six species:1

  • Baryphyma gowerense (Locket, 1965) – North America, Ireland, Britain, Scandinavia, Estonia, Poland, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia)
  • Baryphyma insigne (Palmgren, 1976) – Finland, Russia (Europe)
  • Baryphyma maritimum (Crocker & Parker, 1970) – Western and Central Europe, Kyrgyzstan
  • Baryphyma pratense (Blackwall, 1861) (type) – Europe
  • Baryphyma proclive (Simon, 1884) – Italy
  • Baryphyma trifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
References

References

  1. "Gen. Baryphyma Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1977). "The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 4: 19.
  3. Denis, J. (1947). "Deux rectifications synonymiques concernant les araignées". Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse. 82: 103.
  4. Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie.