Microlinyphia

Microlinyphia
	M. pusilla
	male M. sterilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Microlinyphia; Gerhardt, 1928
Type species
	Linyphia pusilla; Sundevall, 1830
Species
	11, see text
Synonyms
	Bonnetiella Caporiacco, 1949; Pusillia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943;

Microlinyphia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by U. Gerhardt in 1928.^[4]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes thirteen species and one subspecies:^[1]

Microlinyphia aethiopica (Tullgren, 1910) – East Africa
Microlinyphia cylindriformis Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros
Microlinyphia dana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) – Alaska, Canada, United States
Microlinyphia delesserti (Caporiacco, 1949) – Tanzania, Uganda, DR Congo
Microlinyphia impigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
Microlinyphia johnsoni (Blackwall, 1859) – Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands
Microlinyphia mandibulata (Emerton, 1882) – Alaska, Canada, United States
- M. m. punctata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) – Canada, United States
Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall, 1830) – North America, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, China, Mongolia, Japan. Introduced to St. Helena (type species)
Microlinyphia rehaiensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China, Vietnam
Microlinyphia simoni van Helsdingen, 1970 – Madagascar
Microlinyphia spiralis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Microlinyphia sterilis (Pavesi, 1883) – Central, east and southern Africa. Introduced to China
Microlinyphia zhejiangensis (Chen, 1991) – China

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
^ Helsdingen, P. J. van (1970). "A reclassification of the species of Linyphia based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), II". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 111: 4.
^ Wiehle, H. (1956). "Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen". Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 44: 297.
^ Gerhardt, U. (1928). "Biologische Studien an griechischen, corsischen und deutschen Spinnen". Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere. 10 (4): 576–675. doi:10.1007/BF00419324. S2CID 42362217.