Pityohyphantes, commonly known as hammock spiders, is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1929. The name comes from the Ancient Greek (pitys), meaning "pine", and hyphantes, meaning "weaver".
Species it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in Europe and North America: Pityohyphantes alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes brachygynus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes costatus (Hentz, 1850) – US, Canada Pityohyphantes c. annulipes (Banks, 1892) – North America Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes c. coloradensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US Pityohyphantes hesperus (Chamberlin, 1920) – US Pityohyphantes kamela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes limitaneus (Emerton, 1915) – US, Canada Pityohyphantes lomondensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – US Pityohyphantes minidoka Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes navajo Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US Pityohyphantes palilis (L. Koch, 1870) – Central, Eastern Europe Pityohyphantes pallidus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US Pityohyphantes phrygianus (C. L. Koch, 1836) (type) – Europe, Russia to Kazakhstan, Japan Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus (Keyserling, 1886) – US, Canada Pityohyphantes subarcticus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – Canada, US (Alaska) Pityohyphantes tacoma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US
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External links Image of a female P. tacoma