Microlinyphia

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Microlinyphia

| image = Microlinyphia_pusilla01.jpg

| image_caption = M. pusilla

| authority = Gerhardt, 1928

| type_species = Linyphia pusilla

| type_species_authority = Sundevall, 1830

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 11, see text

| synonyms =

  • Bonnetiella Caporiacco, 1949{{cite journal| last=Helsdingen| first=P. J. van| year=1970| title=A reclassification of the species of Linyphia based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), II| journal=Zoologische Verhandelingen| volume=111| page=4}}
  • Pusillia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943{{cite journal| last=Wiehle| first=H.| year=1956| title=Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen| journal=Die Tierwelt Deutschlands| volume=44| page=297}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Microlinyphia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by U. Gerhardt in 1928.{{cite journal| last=Gerhardt| first=U.| year=1928| title=Biologische Studien an griechischen, corsischen und deutschen Spinnen| journal=Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere| pages=576–675| volume=10| issue=4| doi=10.1007/BF00419324| s2cid=42362217}}

Species

{{as of|2021|05}} it contains eleven species and one subspecies:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928| website=World Spider Catalog Version 22.0| access-date=2021-05-30| year=2021| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1444| doi=10.24436/2}}

See also

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