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Hylyphantes
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Hylyphantes

Hylyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. It is distinct from related genera by a pair of spiral copulatory ducts in the female, which are matched by a turbinated embolus in the male. Both sexes are similar in appearance; the male has no modifications.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Dark Hammock-web Spider

speciesHylyphantes graminicola

Hylyphantes nigritus

speciesHylyphantes nigritus

Hylyphantes tanikawai

speciesHylyphantes tanikawai

Hylyphantes geniculatus

speciesHylyphantes geniculatus

Hylyphantes spirellus

speciesHylyphantes spirellus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 419191.