Troglohyphantes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by G. Joseph in 1881.[3] The genus name is a combination of the Ancient Greek τρώγλη (troglo-), meaning "cave (dweller)", and -hyphantes, a common ending for linyphiid genera.

Troglohyphantes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Troglohyphantes
Joseph, 1881[1]
Type species
T. polyophthalmus
Joseph, 1881
Species

134, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Stygohyphantes Kratochvíl, 1948[2]

Species

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As of August 2021 it contains 134 species and five subspecies, found in Europe, Africa, Siberia, Georgia, Czechia, and Iran:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Troglohyphantes Joseph, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1978). "Revision of the cave-dwelling and related spiders of the genus Troglohyphantes Joseph (Linyphiidae), with special reference to the Yugoslav species". Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede, Classis IV, Historia Naturalis. 23: 23.
  3. ^ Joseph, G. (1881). "Erfahrgungen im wissenschaftlichen Sammeln und Beobachten der den Krainer Tropfsteingrotten eigenen Arthropoden". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 25 (2): 233–282. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18810250214.