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Genus: Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Microlinyphia zhejiangensis (Chen, 1991)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011338

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Bureau of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Songyang County, Lishui, Zhejiang, China f - (Chen, 1991)
Allotype: Bureau of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Songyang County, Lishui, Zhejiang, China m - (Chen, 1991)
Paratype: Bureau of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Songyang County, Lishui, Zhejiang, China 3m 10f - (Chen, 1991)

Taxonomic References

Lepthyphantes zhejiangensis Chen, 1991: 163, f. 1A-D (Dmf) Original description

Lepthyphantes zhejiangensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 186, f. 103M-N, S-T (mf)

Microlinyphia zhejiangensis Saaristo, Tu & Li, 2006: 384 (T from Lepthyphantes)

Microlinyphia zhejiangensis Irfan et al., 2025a: 106, f. 137A-B, 138A-F (f)

References

Chen, Y. F. (1991). Two new species and two new records of linyphiid spiders from China (Arneae [sic]: Linyphiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 16: 163-168. -- Show included taxa

Irfan, M., Zhou, G. C., Peng, X. J. & Zhang, Z. S. (2025a). Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some oriental regions of China. Megataxa 15(1): 1-248. doi: 10.11646/megataxa.15.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I., Tu, L. H. & Li, S. Q. (2006). A review of Chinese micronetine species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Part I: species of ex-Arcuphantes and ex-Centromerus. Animal Biology 56(3): 383-401. doi: 10.1163/157075606778441886 -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Irfan et al., 2025a