Troglohyphantes
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Troglohyphantes is a genus of spider
in the Linyphiidae
family. At least some species are found exclusively in caves.
troglo- "cave (dweller)" and -hyphantes, a common ending for linyphiid genera.
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
in the Linyphiidae
Linyphiidae
Linyphiidae is a family of spiders, including more than 4,300 described species in 578 genera worldwide. This makes Linyphiidae the second largest family of spiders after the Salticidae. New species are still being discovered throughout the world, and the family is poorly known...
family. At least some species are found exclusively in caves.
Name
The genus name is combined from Ancient GreekAncient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
troglo- "cave (dweller)" and -hyphantes, a common ending for linyphiid genera.
Species
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Troglohyphantes similis Troglohyphantes similis, one of several species occasionally called the Kočevje subterranean spider is a species of spider in the Linyphiidae family. It is endemic to Slovenia.-Source:... Fage, 1919 — Slovenia Troglohyphantes spinipes Troglohyphantes spinipes, one of several species sometimes referred to as the Kočevje subterranean spider, is a species of spider in the Linyphiidae family. It is endemic to Slovenia.-Source:... Fage, 1919 — Slovenia
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