Linyphia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. The name is Greek, and means "thread-weaver" or "linen maker".
Distribution Linyphia is found on all continents except Antarctica.
Species , this genus includes seventy species:
L. adstricta (Keyserling, 1886) – United States L. albipunctata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Pakistan L. alpicola van Helsdingen, 1969 – Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria) L. armata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil L. bicuspis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico L. bifasciata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica L. bisignata (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica L. calcarifera (Keyserling, 1886) – Panama, Colombia L. catalina Gertsch, 1951 – United States L. chiridota (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar, Thailand L. clara (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil L. confinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Guatemala L. consanguinea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Pakistan, India? L. cylindrata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil L. decorata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil L. duplicata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico, Guatemala L. eiseni Banks, 1898 – Mexico L. falculifera (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica L. ferentaria (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru L. gaoshidongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China L. horaea (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia L. hortensis Sundevall, 1830 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia L. hospita (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia L. hui Hu, 2001 – China L. lambda (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Guatemala L. lehmanni Simon, 1903 – Argentina L. leucosternon White, 1841 – Brazil L. limatula Simon, 1904 – Chile L. limbata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico, Guatemala L. linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – China L. longiceps (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil L. longispina (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico L. ludibunda (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru L. lurida (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia L. maculosa (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica L. maura Thorell, 1875 – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia), Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Cyprus L. melanoprocta Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina L. menyuanensis Hu, 2001 – China L. mimonti Simon, 1885 – Italy (incl. Sicily), Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Lebanon, Israel L. monticolens Roewer, 1942 – Peru L. nepalensis Wunderlich, 1983 – Nepal L. nitens Urquhart, 1893 – Australia (Tasmania) L. obesa Thorell, 1875 – Sweden L. obscurella Roewer, 1942 – Brazil L. octopunctata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – Panama L. oligochronia (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru L. orophila Thorell, 1877 – United States L. pengdangensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China L. peruana (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru L. phaeochorda Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Norfolk Is.) L. phyllophora Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra) L. polita Blackwall, 1870 – Italy (Sicily) L. postica (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica L. rita Gertsch, 1951 – United States L. rubella Keyserling, 1886 – Peru L. rubriceps (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil L. rustica (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico L. sagana Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan L. sikkimensis Tikader, 1970 – India L. songziyuanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China L. subluteae Urquhart, 1893 – Australia (Tasmania) L. tauphora Chamberlin, 1928 – United States L. tenuipalpis Simon, 1884 – Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) L. textrix Walckenaer, 1841 – United States L. triangularis (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, China. Introduced to Canada, United States L. triangularoides Schenkel, 1936 – China L. tuasivia Marples, 1955 – Samoa, Cook Islands (Aitutaki) L. tubernaculofaciens Hingston, 1932 – Guyana L. virgata (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru L. yangmingensis Yin, 2012 – China
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