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Checklist for Family Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 (Dwarf spiders)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
172
629
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
144
524
1085
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
54
329
777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
51
324
769
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
45
309
735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
44
308
733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
87
241
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLinyphiidae
Blackwall, 1859
Dwarf spiders, Dwarf weavers, Lattice web spiders
43
133
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
43 Genera with 133 Species
#ABCEGHILMNOPSTVW
Aberdaria Holm, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Afroneta Holm, 20186SpeciesTaxom
Afrophantes Tanasevitch, 19795SpeciesTaxom
Afrotrichona Tanasevitch, 20201SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 20207SpeciesTaxom
Araeoncus Simon, 19364SpeciesTaxom
Asthenargellus Caporiacco, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Asthenargus Simon & Fage, 19624SpeciesTaxom
Bursellia Holm, 19624SpeciesTaxom
Callitrichia Fage, 196213SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinopsis Emerton, 19893SpeciesTaxom
Ceratocyba Holm, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Chenisides Denis, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1977Black Dwarf Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gonatium Menge, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Holmelgonia Jocqué & Sch..., 19621SpeciesTaxom
Improphantes Saaristo & T..., 19492SpeciesTaxom
Laminafroneta Merrett, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Lepthyphantes Menge, 195513SpeciesTaxom
Limoneta Bosmans & Jo..., 19791SpeciesTaxom
Locketidium Jocqué, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Machadocara Miller, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Maso Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Mecynidis Simon, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Meioneta Hull, 19864SpeciesTaxom
Metaleptyphantes Locket, 19684SpeciesTaxom
Microctenonyx Dahl, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Microcyba Holm, 19628SpeciesTaxom
Mioxena Simon, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Murphydium Jocqué, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Oreocyba Holm, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Ostearius Hull, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Pelecopsis Simon, 196213SpeciesTaxom
Prinerigone Millidge, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Semljicola Strand, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Strongyliceps Fage, , 19622SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 19891SpeciesTaxom
Toschia Caporiacco, 19624SpeciesTaxom
Trichoncus Simon, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Tybaertiella Jocqué, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Venia Seyfulina & ..., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 19848SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
133 Species and 3 Subspecies
Aberdaria ligulata Ã...ke Holm, 1962
Afroneta bidentata (Holm, 1968)⇒ Laminafroneta bidentata Herman Theod..., 1968
Afroneta elgonensis Merrett, 2004
Afroneta flavescens Frick & Scharff, 2018
Afroneta longipalpis Ledoux & Attié, 2008
Afroneta sarahae Frick & Scharff, 2018
Afroneta serrata Frick & Scharff, 2018
Afrophantes biseriatus Simon & Fage, 1922
Afrophantes coomansi Bosmans, 1979
Afrophantes kekenboschi Bosmans, 1979
Afrophantes kenyensis Bosmans, 1979
Afrophantes obtusicornis Bosmans, 1979
Afrotrichona mahnerti Tanasevitch, 2020
Agyneta atra Millidge, 1991
Agyneta curvata Bosmans, 1979
Agyneta gracilipes Holm, 1968
Agyneta habra Locket, 1968
Agyneta metropolis Russell-Smit..., 1986
Agyneta prosectes Locket, 1968
Agyneta spinifera Tanasevitch, 2020
Araeoncus gertschi Lodovico di ..., 1949
Araeoncus impolitus Herman Theod..., 1962
Araeoncus subniger Herman Theod..., 1962
Araeoncus victorianyanzae Lucien Berland, 1936
Asthenargellus kastoni Lodovico di ..., 1949
Asthenargellus meneghettii Lodovico di ..., 1949
Asthenargus expallidus Herman Theod..., 1962
Asthenargus inermis Eugène Simon..., 1922
Asthenargus major Herman Theod..., 1962
Asthenargus marginatus Herman Theod..., 1962
Bursellia glabra Herman Theod..., 1962
Bursellia holmi Robert Bosmans, 1977
Bursellia setifer Denis, 1962
Bursellia setifera J. Denis, 1962
Callitrichia aberdarensis Holm, 1962
Callitrichia aliena Herman Theod..., 1962
Callitrichia cacuminata Herman Theod..., 1962
Callitrichia concolor Caporiacco, 1949
Callitrichia glabriceps Herman Theod..., 1962
Callitrichia hamifer Fage, 1936 *, 0
Callitrichia hamifera Jean-Louis Fage, 1936
Callitrichia inacuminata Robert Bosmans, 1977
Callitrichia kenyae Jean-Louis Fage, 1936
Callitrichia marakweti Jean-Louis Fage, 1936
Callitrichia picta Caporiacco, 1949
Callitrichia silvatica Herman Theod..., 1962
Callitrichia telekii Holm, 1962
Ceratinopsis africana Herman Theod..., 1962
Ceratinopsis machadoi František M..., 1970
Ceratinopsis raboeli Scharff, 1989
Ceratocyba umbilicaris Herman Theod..., 1962
Chenisides monospina Anthony Russ..., 1986
Erigone sirimonensis Robert Bosmans, 1977
Gonatium petrunkewitschi Lodovico di ..., 1949
Holmelgonia nemoralis Herman Theod..., 1962
Improphantes falcatus Robert Bosmans, 1979
Improphantes mauensis Lodovico di ..., 1949
Laminafroneta bidentata Herman Theod..., 1968
Laminafroneta brevistyla Herman Theod..., 1968
Lepthyphantes aberdarensis Anthony Russ..., 1986
Lepthyphantes ancatus (Li & Zhu, 1989)⇒ Tenuiphantes ancatus Li & Zhu, 1989
Lepthyphantes biseriatus Eugène Simon..., 1922
Lepthyphantes biseriatus infans Simon & Fage, 1922
Lepthyphantes buensis Robert Bosma..., 1983
Lepthyphantes coomansi Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes kekenboschi Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes kenyensis Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes locketi van Helsdingen, 1977
Lepthyphantes nigropictus Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes obtusicornis Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes tenoides Kolosváry, 1938
Lepthyphantes vividus J. Denis, 1955
Limoneta sirimoni Robert Bosmans, 1979
Locketidium couloni Rudy Jocqué, 1981
Machadocara gongylioides František M..., 1970
Maso sundevalli (Johan Peter ..., 1851)⇒ Satilatlas marxi matanuskae Chamberlin, 1949
Mecynidis bitumida Anthony Russ..., 1986
Mecynidis muthaiga Anthony Russ..., 1986
Meioneta atra (Alfred Frank..., 1991)⇒ Agyneta atra Millidge, 1991
Meioneta curvata (Robert Bosmans, 1979)⇒ Agyneta curvata Bosmans, 1979
Meioneta gracilipes (Herman Theod..., 1968)⇒ Agyneta prosectes Locket, 1968
Meioneta metropolis (Anthony Russ..., 1986)⇒ Agyneta metropolis Russell-Smit..., 1986
Metaleptyphantes clavator George Hazel..., 1968
Metaleptyphantes dentiferens Robert Bosmans, 1979
Metaleptyphantes perexiguus Eugène Simon..., 1922
Metaleptyphantes vicinus George Hazel..., 1968
Microctenonyx subitaneus O. P.-Cambridge, 1875
Microcyba affinis Herman Theod..., 1962
Microcyba angulata Herman Theod..., 1962
Microcyba brevidentata Herman Theod..., 1962
Microcyba hamata Herman Theod..., 1962
Microcyba simulata Herman Theod..., 1962
Microcyba tridentata Herman Theod..., 1962
Microcyba vancotthemi Robert Bosmans, 1977
Microcyba viduata Herman Theod..., 1962
Mioxena celisi Herman Theod..., 1968
Murphydium foliatum Rudy Jocqué, 1996
Neriene conica George Hazel..., 1968
Neriene helsdingeni George Hazel..., 1968
Oreocyba elgonensis Jean-Louis Fage, 1936Hartmeter's blunt armed sea star
Oreocyba propinqua Herman Theod..., 1962
Ostearius melanopygius O. P.-Cambridge, 1879
Pelecopsis albifrons Herman Theod..., 1979
Pelecopsis alticola Lucien Berland, 1936Rosy starfish
Pelecopsis alticola alticola Berland, 1936
Pelecopsis alticola kenyensis Holm, 1962
Pelecopsis humiliceps Herman Theod..., 1979
Pelecopsis nigriceps Herman Theod..., 1962
Pelecopsis pasteuri Lucien Berland, 1936Rosy starfish
Pelecopsis physeter Jean-Louis Fage, 1936Hartmeter's blunt armed sea star
Pelecopsis punctilineata Herman Theod..., 1964Lined sea star
Pelecopsis reclinata Herman Theod..., 1962
Pelecopsis subflava Anthony Russ..., 1986
Pelecopsis tybaertielloides Rudy Jocqué, 1984
Pelecopsis varians Herman Theod..., 1962
Prinerigone aethiopica Albert Tullgren, 1910
Semljicola convexus Herman Theod..., 1963
Strongyliceps alluaudi Jean-Louis Fage, 1936
Strongyliceps anderseni Herman Theod..., 1962
Tenuiphantes ancatus Li & Zhu, 1989
Toschia aberdarensis Herman Theod..., 1962
Toschia concolor Lodovico di ..., 1949
Toschia picta Lodovico di ..., 1949
Toschia telekii Herman Theod..., 1962
Trichoncus kenyensis Konrad Thaler, 1974
Trichoncus nairobi Anthony Russ..., 1986
Tybaertiella krugeri Eugène Simon, 1894
Venia kakamega Seyfulina & ..., 2009
Walckenaeria aberdarensis Herman Theod..., 1962
Walckenaeria elgonensis Herman Theod..., 1984
Walckenaeria kulalensis Herman Theod..., 1984
Walckenaeria mauensis Herman Theod..., 1984
Walckenaeria microps Herman Theod..., 1984
Walckenaeria minuscula Herman Theod..., 1984
Walckenaeria nigeriensis George Hazel..., 1980
Walckenaeria ocularis Herman Theod..., 1984

Subnodes of Linyphiidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyErigoninae
Emerton, 1882
Dwarf Spiders
4
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLinyphiinae
Sheetweb Spiders
5
23
Genera
Species

Taxom



Linyphiidae (Blackwall 1859)
Linyphiidae (Blackwall 1859)


Links, sources and further information
Linyphiidae at artfakta.se
Linyphiidae at biodiversity.org.au
Linyphiidae at dyntaxa.se
Linyphiidae at gbif.org
Linyphiidae at irmng.org
Linyphiidae at itis.gov
Linyphiidae at marinespecies.org