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Checklist for Subfamily Linyphiinae (Sheetweb Spiders)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
531
4342
23365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
462
3675
20216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
99
1782
11863
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
91
1742
11733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
70
1611
10817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
68
1598
10759
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
449
2392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLinyphiidae
Blackwall, 1859
Dwarf spiders, Dwarf weavers, Lattice web spiders
182
926
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLinyphiinae
Sheetweb Spiders
21
207
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
21 Genera with 207 Species
#ABCDEHLMNOPT
Agyneta Hull, 196841SpeciesTaxom
Allomengea Strand, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 18926SpeciesTaxom
Centromerus Dahl, 196214SpeciesTaxom
Diplostyla Emerton, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Drapetisca Menge, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Estrandia Blauvelt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Helophora Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Lepthyphantes Menge, 202482SpeciesTaxom
Linyphia Latreille, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Macrargus Dahl, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Megalepthyphantes Wunderlich, 20255SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1883Platform spiders8SpeciesTaxom
Microneta Menge, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 184214SpeciesTaxom
Ostearius Hull, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Pityohyphantes Simon, 1942Hammock Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Poeciloneta Kulczynski, 18413SpeciesTaxom
Porrhomma Simon, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Tapinopa Westring, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 189015SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
207 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agyneta alboguttata Jocqué, 1985
Agyneta amersaxatilis Saaristo & K..., 1998
Agyneta angulata Emerton, 1882
Agyneta atra Millidge, 1991
Agyneta bigibber Wunderlich, 1988
Agyneta canariensis Wunderlich, 1987
Agyneta conigera Octavius Pic..., 1863
Agyneta curvata Bosmans, 1979
Agyneta decora Octavius Pic..., 1871
Agyneta dentifera Locket, 1968
Agyneta depigmentata Wunderlich, 2008
Agyneta dynica Michael Ilma..., 1998
Agyneta exigua Russell-Smith, 1992
Agyneta fastigata Wunderlich, 1988
Agyneta flandroyae Jocqué, 1985
Agyneta fuscipalpa C. L. Koch, 1836
Agyneta fuscipalpus C. L. Koch, 1836
Agyneta gracilipes Holm, 1968
Agyneta habra Locket, 1968
Agyneta insolita Locket & Rus..., 1980
Agyneta larva Locket, 1968
Agyneta levis Locket, 1968
Agyneta maritima Emerton, 1919
Agyneta merretti Locket, 1968
Agyneta metropolis Russell-Smit..., 1986
Agyneta mollis O. P.-Cambridge, 1871Thin Weblet
Agyneta natalensis Jocqué, 1984
Agyneta obscura Denis, 1950
Agyneta pogonophora Locket, 1968
Agyneta prosectes Locket, 1968
Agyneta prosectoides Locket & Rus..., 1980
Agyneta pseudorurestris Wunderlich, 1980
Agyneta ripariensis Tanasevitch, 1984
Agyneta rugosa Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Agyneta rurestris C. L. Koch, 1836
Agyneta saxatilis Blackwall, 1844
Agyneta separata Wunderlich, 1988
Agyneta serratichelis Denis, 1964
Agyneta spinifera Tanasevitch, 2020
Agyneta tincta Jocqué, 1985
Agyneta usitata Locket, 1968
Allomengea dentisetis Grube, 1861
Bathyphantes dubius George Hazel..., 1968
Bathyphantes eumenis Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Bathyphantes gracilis Blackwall, 1841
Bathyphantes hirsutus George Hazel..., 1968
Bathyphantes iviei Herman Theod..., 1970
Bathyphantes pallidus (Banks, 1892)⇒ Agyneta angulata Emerton, 1882
Centromerus anoculus Jörg Wunderl..., 1995
Centromerus caecus Lecigne, 2023
Centromerus cinctus (Eugène Simon, 1884)⇒ Centromerus phoceorum Eugène Simon, 1929
Centromerus cottarellii Paolo Marcel..., 1979
Centromerus desmeti Robert Bosmans, 1986
Centromerus europaeus (Eugène Simon, 1911)⇒ Centromerus cottarellii Paolo Marcel..., 1979
Centromerus fuerteventurensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Centromerus persolutus Octavius Pic..., 1875
Centromerus phoceorum Eugène Simon, 1929Colletid bees
Centromerus prudens Octavius Pic..., 1873
Centromerus sexoculatus Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Centromerus sinuatus Robert Bosmans, 1986
Centromerus succinus Eugène Simon, 1884
Centromerus variegatus J. Denis, 1962
Diplostyla concolor Wider, 1834
Drapetisca alteranda Ralph Vary C..., 1909Northern Long-Toothed Sheetweaver
Estrandia grandaeva Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Helophora insignis John Blackwall, 1841
Lepthyphantes aberdarensis Anthony Russ..., 1986
Lepthyphantes acoreensis (Jörg Wunderl..., 1992)⇒ Canariphantes junipericola Crespo & Bos..., 2014
Lepthyphantes acuminifrons Robert Bosmans, 1978
Lepthyphantes aelleni J. Denis, 1957
Lepthyphantes afer Eugène Simon, 1913
Lepthyphantes ajoti Robert Bosmans, 1991
Lepthyphantes almoravidus Barrientos, 2020
Lepthyphantes alpinus James Henry ..., 1882
Lepthyphantes ancatus (Li & Zhu, 1989)⇒ Tenuiphantes ancatus Li & Zhu, 1989
Lepthyphantes bakeri Scharff, 1990
Lepthyphantes bamboutensis Robert Bosmans, 1986
Lepthyphantes bamilekei Robert Bosmans, 1986
Lepthyphantes biospeleologorum Barrientos, 2020
Lepthyphantes biseriatus Eugène Simon..., 1922
Lepthyphantes biseriatus infans Simon & Fage, 1922
Lepthyphantes bituberculatus Robert Bosmans, 1978
Lepthyphantes brahimi Lecigne & Mo..., 2025
Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Robert Bosmans, 1985
Lepthyphantes buensis Robert Bosma..., 1983
Lepthyphantes chita Scharff, 1990
Lepthyphantes coomansi Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes dolichoskeles Scharff, 1990
Lepthyphantes emarginatus Jean-Louis Fage, 1931
Lepthyphantes ensifer Barrientos, 2020
Lepthyphantes exvaginatus Christa L. D..., 1984
Lepthyphantes fadriquei Barrientos, 2020
Lepthyphantes howelli Rudy Jocqué ..., 1986
Lepthyphantes huberti Jörg Wunderl..., 1980
Lepthyphantes hublei Robert Bosmans, 1986
Lepthyphantes imazigheni Barrientos, 2020
Lepthyphantes impudicus Wladislaus K..., 1909
Lepthyphantes inopinatus George Hazel..., 1968
Lepthyphantes kekenboschi Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes kenyensis Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes kilimandjaricus Albert Tullgren, 1910
Lepthyphantes laguncula J. Denis, 1937
Lepthyphantes lamellatus Wunderlich, 1988
Lepthyphantes leknizii Barrientos, 2020
Lepthyphantes leprosus Ohlert, 1865Household Fine Sheetweaver
Lepthyphantes leucocerus George Hazel..., 1968
Lepthyphantes locketi van Helsdingen, 1977
Lepthyphantes longihamatus Robert Bosmans, 1985
Lepthyphantes longipedis Tanasevitch, 2014
Lepthyphantes louettei Rudy Jocqué, 1985
Lepthyphantes lundbladi Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Lepthyphantes maesi Robert Bosmans, 1986
Lepthyphantes manengoubensis Robert Bosmans, 1986
Lepthyphantes mauli Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Lepthyphantes maurusius Paolo Marcel..., 1978
Lepthyphantes mbaboensis Robert Bosmans, 1986
Lepthyphantes micromegethes George Hazel..., 1968
Lepthyphantes minusculus George Hazel..., 1968
Lepthyphantes minutus Blackwall, 1833
Lepthyphantes msuyai Scharff, 1990
Lepthyphantes natalis Robert Bosmans, 1986
Lepthyphantes nigropictus Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes noeli Barrientos &..., 2024
Lepthyphantes obtusicornis Robert Bosmans, 1979
Lepthyphantes okuensis Robert Bosmans, 1986
Lepthyphantes palmeroensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Lepthyphantes patulus George Hazel..., 1968
Lepthyphantes pennatus Scharff, 1990
Lepthyphantes phialoides Scharff, 1990
Lepthyphantes pieltaini Machado, 1940
Lepthyphantes rimicola George Newbo..., 1964
Lepthyphantes ritae Robert Bosmans, 1985
Lepthyphantes ruwenzori Rudy Jocqué, 1985
Lepthyphantes sasi Barrientos, 2020
Lepthyphantes silvamontanus Robert Bosma..., 1983
Lepthyphantes simiensis Robert Bosmans, 1978
Lepthyphantes soumiae Barrientos, 2021
Lepthyphantes strinatii Hubert, 1970
Lepthyphantes styx Wunderlich, 2011
Lepthyphantes taza Tanasevitch, 2014
Lepthyphantes tenoides Kolosváry, 1938
Lepthyphantes tropicalis Albert Tullgren, 1910
Lepthyphantes tullgreni Robert Bosmans, 1978
Lepthyphantes turbatrix Octavius Pic..., 1877
Lepthyphantes vanstallei Robert Bosmans, 1986
Lepthyphantes venereus Eugène Simon, 1913
Lepthyphantes vividus J. Denis, 1955
Lepthyphantes younnesi Barrientos &..., 2024
Linyphia karschi Carl Friedri..., 1942
Linyphia lineola Pavesi, 1883
Linyphia maura Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Linyphia tenuipalpis Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Linyphia triangularis Clerck, 1758Dwarf Weaver
Macrargus multesimus (Octavius Pic..., 1875)⇒ Porrhomma macrochelis James Henry ..., 1917
Megalepthyphantes auresensis Robert Bosmans, 2006
Megalepthyphantes bkheitae Robert Bosma..., 1992
Megalepthyphantes brignolii Tanasevitch, 2014
Megalepthyphantes hellinckxorum Robert Bosmans, 2006
Megalepthyphantes salam Lecigne, 2025
Microlinyphia aethiopica Albert Tullgren, 1910
Microlinyphia cylindriformis Rudy Jocqué, 1985
Microlinyphia delesserti Lodovico di ..., 1949
Microlinyphia johnsoni John Blackwall, 1859
Microlinyphia mandibulata James Henry ..., 1882
Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830
Microlinyphia simoni van Helsdingen, 1970
Microlinyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883
Microneta calida Jocqué, 1983
Microneta viaria Blackwall, 1841
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830
Neriene comoroensis George Hazel..., 1980
Neriene conica George Hazel..., 1968
Neriene flammea van Helsdingen, 1969
Neriene furtiva Octavius Pic..., 1871
Neriene fusca (Oi, 1960)⇒ Oedothorax fuscus John Blackwall, 1834
Neriene helsdingeni George Hazel..., 1968
Neriene kartala Rudy Jocqué, 1985
Neriene kibonotensis Albert Tullgren, 1910
Neriene natalensis van Helsdingen, 1969
Neriene obtusa George Hazel..., 1968
Neriene obtusoides Robert Bosma..., 1983
Neriene oxycera Tu & Li, 2006
Neriene radiata Walckenaer, 1842Filmy dome spider
Ostearius melanopygius O. P.-Cambridge, 1879
Pityohyphantes alticeps Ralph Vary C..., 1943Maricopa harvester ant
Pityohyphantes costatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Hammock spider
Pityohyphantes cristatus Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Poeciloneta bihamata James Henry ..., 1882
Poeciloneta calcaratus Emerton, 1909
Poeciloneta variegata Blackwall, 1841
Porrhomma borgesi Jörg Wunderl..., 2008
Porrhomma indecorum Eugène Simon, 1910Stocky cerith
Tapinopa disjugata (Eugène Simon, 1884)⇒ Mesasigone mira Andrei V. Ta..., 1989
Tenuiphantes ancatus Li & Zhu, 1989
Tenuiphantes canariensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1987
Tenuiphantes flavipes John Blackwall, 1854Echinoderms
Tenuiphantes fulvus Jörg Wunderl..., 1987
Tenuiphantes herbicola Eugène Simon, 1884
Tenuiphantes leprosoides Joachim Schmidt, 1975
Tenuiphantes miguelensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Tenuiphantes palmensis Wunderlich, 1992
Tenuiphantes stramencola Scharff, 1990
Tenuiphantes striatiscapus Jörg Wunderl..., 1987
Tenuiphantes tenebricola Wider, 1834
Tenuiphantes tenebricoloides Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Tenuiphantes tenuis Blackwall, 1852Dwarf weaver
Tenuiphantes zebra James Henry ..., 1882
Tenuiphantes zimmermanni Bertkau, 1890


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Linyphiinae at dyntaxa.se