Microlinyphia
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Microlinyphia
| image = Microlinyphia_pusilla01.jpg
| image_caption = M. pusilla
| 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}}
}}
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}}
- Microlinyphia aethiopica (Tullgren, 1910) – East Africa
- Microlinyphia cylindriformis Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros
- Microlinyphia dana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) – Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia{{cite web| title=Genus Microlinyphia| publisher=BugGuide| access-date=2019-06-16| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/50823}}
- Microlinyphia delesserti (Caporiacco, 1949) – Tanzania, Uganda, Congo
- Microlinyphia impigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
- Microlinyphia johnsoni (Blackwall, 1859) – Madeira, Canary Is.
- Microlinyphia mandibulata (Emerton, 1882) – USA
- Microlinyphia m. punctata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) – USA, Canada
- Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall, 1830) (type) – North America (Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory), Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Japan
- Microlinyphia simoni van Helsdingen, 1970 – Madagascar
- Microlinyphia sterilis (Pavesi, 1883) – Central, East, Southern Africa; China
- Microlinyphia zhejiangensis (Chen, 1991) – China