Agyneta

Agyneta
	female A. habra
	male A. natalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Agyneta; Hull, 1911
Type species
	A. decora; (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)
Species
	203, see text
Synonyms
	Aprolagus Simon, 1929; Eupolis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900; Gnathantes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943; Meioneta Hull, 1920; Syedrula Simon, 1929;

Agyneta is a genus of dwarf spiders (family Linyphiidae) that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.^[6]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes 203 species and one subspecies:^[1]

Agyneta adami (Millidge, 1991) – Brazil
Agyneta affinis (Kulczyński, 1898) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
Agyneta affinisoides Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
Agyneta albinotata (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta alboguttata (Jocqué, 1985) – Comoros
Agyneta albomaculata (Baert, 1990) – Galapagos
Agyneta allosubtilis Loksa, 1965 – North America, Russia (Europe to Far East), Mongolia
Agyneta alpica Tanasevitch, 2000 – France, Switzerland, Austria
Agyneta amersaxatilis Saaristo & Koponen, 1998 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia), Canada, United States
Agyneta angulata (Emerton, 1882) – Canada, United States
Agyneta aquila Dupérré, 2013 – Canada
Agyneta arida (Baert, 1990) – Galapagos
Agyneta arietans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Germany, Poland
Agyneta atra (Millidge, 1991) – Venezuela
Agyneta baltoroi (Caporiacco, 1935) – Pakistan
Agyneta barfoot Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta barrowsi (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – Canada, United States
Agyneta bermudensis (Strand, 1906) – Bermuda
Agyneta birulai (Kulczyński, 1908) – Russia (Urals to Far East), China, Canada
Agyneta birulaioides Wunderlich, 1995 – Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia
Agyneta boninensis (Saito, 1982) – Japan
Agyneta breviceps Hippa & Oksala, 1985 – Finland
Agyneta brevipes (Keyserling, 1886) – Alaska, United States
Agyneta brevis (Millidge, 1991) – Peru
Agyneta bronx Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta brusnewi (Kulczyński, 1908) – Russia (Urals to Far East)
Agyneta bucklei Dupérré, 2013 – Canada, United States
Agyneta bueko Wunderlich, 1983 – Nepal
Agyneta bulavintsevi Tanasevitch, 2016 – Russia (Europe, north-eastern Siberia)
Agyneta canariensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands, Savage Is. Madeira
Agyneta castanea (Millidge, 1991) – Chile
Agyneta catalina Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta cauta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kyrgyzstan
Agyneta chiricahua Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta cincta (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta collina (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta conigera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran
Agyneta crawfordi Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta crista Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta cuneata Tanasevitch, 2014 – Russia (Far East)
Agyneta curvata (Bosmans, 1979) – Kenya
Agyneta dactylis (Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995) – China
Agyneta danielbelangeri Dupérré, 2013 – Canada, United States
Agyneta darrelli Dupérré, 2013 – Canada, United States
Agyneta decora (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Alaska, Canada, Europe, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia) (type species)
Agyneta decorata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – United States
Agyneta decurvis (Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995) – China
Agyneta delphina Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta dentifera (Locket, 1968) – Nigeria, Angola
Agyneta depigmentata Wunderlich, 2008 – Azores
Agyneta discolor (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta disjuncta (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta dynica Saaristo & Koponen, 1998 – Canada, United States
Agyneta emertoni (Roewer, 1942) – Canada
Agyneta equestris (L. Koch, 1881) – Europe
Agyneta erinacea Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta evadens (Chamberlin, 1925) – Canada, United States
Agyneta exigua (Russell-Smith, 1992) – Cameroon, Nigeria
Agyneta fabra (Keyserling, 1886) – Canada, United States
Agyneta falcata (Li & Zhu, 1995) – China
Agyneta fillmorana (Chamberlin, 1919) – Canada, United States
Agyneta flandroyae (Jocqué, 1985) – Comoros
Agyneta flavipes (Ono, 1991) – Japan
Agyneta flax Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta flibuscrocus Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta floridana (Banks, 1896) – United States
Agyneta fratrella (Chamberlin, 1919) – United States
Agyneta frigida (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta furcula Seo, 2018 – Korea
Agyneta fusca (Millidge, 1991) – Peru
Agyneta fuscipalpus (C. L. Koch, 1836) – Cape Verde, Azores, North Africa, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Agyneta gagnei (Gertsch, 1973) – Hawaii
Agyneta galapagosensis (Baert, 1990) – Galapagos, Brazil (Fernando de Noronha Is.), Uruguay
Agyneta girardi Dupérré, 2013 – Canada, United States
Agyneta glacialis (Caporiacco, 1935) – Pakistan (Karakorum)
Agyneta gracilipes (Holm, 1968) – Cameroon, Gabon, DR Congo, Kenya, Angola
Agyneta grandcanyon Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta gulosa (L. Koch, 1869) – Europe, Russia (Europe to East Siberia), Japan
Agyneta habra (Locket, 1968) – Nigeria, Kenya, Angola
Agyneta hedini Paquin & Dupérré, 2009 – United States
Agyneta himalaya Tanasevitch, 2018 – Nepal
Agyneta hum Cajade, Rodrigues & Simó, 2023 – Brazil, Uruguay
Agyneta ignorata (Saito, 1982) – Japan (Ogasawara Is.), China (Hainan)
Agyneta inermis Tanasevitch, 2019 – France, Italy, Greece
Agyneta innotabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) – Europe
Agyneta insolita (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980) – Nigeria
Agyneta insulana Tanasevitch, 2000 – Russia (Sakhalin, Kurile Is.), Korea
Agyneta iranica Tanasevitch, 2011 – Iran, Turkmenistan
Agyneta issaqueena Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta jacksoni (Brændegaard, 1937) – Canada, United States, Greenland
Agyneta jiriensis Wunderlich, 1983 – Nepal
Agyneta kashmirica (Caporiacco, 1935) – India (Kashmir)
Agyneta kaszabi (Loksa, 1965) – Kazakhstan, Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia
Agyneta kopetdaghensis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan
Agyneta laimonasi Tanasevitch, 2006 – Russia (Far East)
Agyneta larva (Locket, 1968) – Angola
Agyneta lauta (Millidge, 1991) – Peru
Agyneta ledfordi Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta leucophora (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – United States
Agyneta levii Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia (West to South Siberia)
Agyneta levis (Locket, 1968) – Angola
Agyneta lila (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) – Japan
Agyneta llanoensis (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) – United States
Agyneta longipes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – United States
Agyneta lophophor (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) – Alaska, Canada, United States
Agyneta luctuosa (Millidge, 1991) – Venezuela
Agyneta manni (Crawford & Edwards, 1989) – United States
Agyneta maritima (Emerton, 1919) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Mongolia, Alaska, Canada
Agyneta martensi Tanasevitch, 2006 – China
Agyneta mediocris (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta mendosa (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta merretti (Locket, 1968) – Angola
Agyneta mesasiatica Tanasevitch, 2000 – France (Corsica), Italy, Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan, Iran, Central Asia
Agyneta metatarsialis Tanasevitch, 2014 – Russia (South Siberia)
Agyneta metropolis (Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986) – Kenya
Agyneta micaria (Emerton, 1882) – Canada, United States
Agyneta milleri (Thaler, Buchar & Kůrka, 1997) – Czech Republic, Slovakia
Agyneta miniata Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta minorata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – United States
Agyneta mollis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Alaska, Canada, Europe, Morocco, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China, Japan
Agyneta mongolica (Loksa, 1965) – Mongolia, Russia (Far East)
Agyneta montana (Millidge, 1991) – Ecuador
Agyneta montivaga (Millidge, 1991) – Venezuela
Agyneta mossica (Schikora, 1993) – Europe (without southern), Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
Agyneta natalensis (Jocqué, 1984) – South Africa
Agyneta nigra (Oi, 1960) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
Agyneta nigripes (Simon, 1884) – Canada, Greenland, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Pakistan
- A. n. nivicola (Simon, 1929) – France
Agyneta obscura (Denis, 1950) – Congo, Tanzania
Agyneta oculata (Millidge, 1991) – Peru
Agyneta okefenokee Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta olivacea (Emerton, 1882) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Mongolia
Agyneta opaca (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta ordinaria (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) – Alaska, Canada, United States
Agyneta orites (Thorell, 1875) – Spain, Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia)
Agyneta pakistanica Tanasevitch, 2011 – Pakistan, Nepal
Agyneta palgongsanensis (Paik, 1991) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea
Agyneta palustris (Li & Zhu, 1995) – China
Agyneta panthera Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta paquini Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta paraprosecta Tanasevitch, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
Agyneta parva (Banks, 1896) – United States
Agyneta perspicua Dupérré, 2013 – Canada, United States
Agyneta picta (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – United States
Agyneta pinicola Gnelitsa, 2014 – Ukraine
Agyneta pinta (Baert, 1990) – Galapagos
Agyneta pistrix Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta plagiata (Banks, 1929) – Panama
Agyneta platnicki Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta pogonophora (Locket, 1968) – Angola, Seychelles
Agyneta prima (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta propinqua (Millidge, 1991) – Peru, Brazil
Agyneta propria (Millidge, 1991) – Ecuador
Agyneta prosectes (Locket, 1968) – St. Helena, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola
Agyneta prosectoides (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980) – Cameroon, Nigeria
Agyneta protrudens (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) – Canada, United States
Agyneta provincialis (Denis, 1949) – France
Agyneta proxima (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Agyneta pseudofuscipalpis Wunderlich, 1983 – Nepal
Agyneta pseudorurestris Wunderlich, 1980 – Mediterranean
Agyneta pseudosaxatilis Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia (West Siberia to Far East), Kazakhstan
Agyneta punctata Wunderlich, 1995 – Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
Agyneta ramosa Jackson, 1912 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
Agyneta regina (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – United States
Agyneta ressli (Wunderlich, 1973) – Alps (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy), North Macedonia, Greece
Agyneta ripariensis Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia (Europe to Far East)
Agyneta rugosa Wunderlich, 1992 – Azores
Agyneta rurestris (C. L. Koch, 1836) – Europe, Egypt, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea
Agyneta saaristoi Tanasevitch, 2000 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus, South Siberia), Kazakhstan
Agyneta sandia Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta saxatilis (Blackwall, 1844) – Europe
Agyneta semipallida (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – United States
Agyneta serrata (Emerton, 1909) – Canada, United States
Agyneta serratichelis (Denis, 1964) – Sudan
Agyneta serratula Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia
Agyneta sheffordiana Dupérré & Paquin, 2007 – Canada
Agyneta silvae (Millidge, 1991) – Peru
Agyneta similis (Kulczyński, 1926) – Iceland, Finland, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
Agyneta simplex (Emerton, 1926) – Alaska, Canada, United States
Agyneta simplicitarsis (Simon, 1884) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
Agyneta spicula Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta spinifera Tanasevitch, 2020 – Kenya, Tanzania
Agyneta straminicola (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia, Ecuador
Agyneta subnivalis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Agyneta subtilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), China
Agyneta suecica Holm, 1950 – Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Russia (Europe, Urals)
Agyneta tenuipes (Ono, 2007) – Japan
Agyneta tianschanica Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan
Agyneta tibialis Tanasevitch, 2005 – Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
Agyneta tincta (Jocqué, 1985) – Comoros
Agyneta transversa (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
Agyneta trifurcata Hippa & Oksala, 1985 – Finland, Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
Agyneta tuberculata Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta unguiserrata Cajade, 2023 – Brazil, Uruguay
Agyneta unicornis (Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995) – China
Agyneta unimaculata (Banks, 1892) – Canada, United States
Agyneta usitata (Locket, 1968) – Nigeria, Angola
Agyneta uta (Chamberlin, 1920) – United States
Agyneta uzbekistanica Tanasevitch, 1984 – Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
Agyneta vera Wunderlich, 1976 – Australia (Queensland)
Agyneta vinki Dupérré, 2013 – United States
Agyneta watertoni Dupérré, 2013 – Canada
Agyneta yukona Dupérré, 2013 – Canada
Agyneta yulungiensis Wunderlich, 1983 – Nepal

The World Spider Catalogue documents the following names as nomina dubia, meaning that they are of unknown or dubious application.^[1]

Agyneta lugubris (Blackwall, 1834)
Agyneta resima (L. Koch, 1881)
Agyneta tenera (Menge, 1869)

References

1 2 3 4 "Gen. Agyneta Hull, 1911". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
↑ Saaristo, M. I. (1973). "Taxonomical analysis of the type-species of Agyneta, Anomalaria, Meioneta, Aprolagus, and Syedrula (Araneae, Linyphiidae)". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 10: 461.
↑ Bristowe, W. S. (1941). The comity of spiders. p. 516.
↑ Crawford, R. L. (1988). "An annotated checklist of the spiders of Washington". Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History. 5: 18.
1 2 Dupérré, N. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseelum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a study of the embolic division within Micronetinae sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996". Zootaxa. 3674: 8. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3674.1.1.
↑ Hull, J. E. (1911). "Papers on spiders". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland. 3 (3): 573–590.

External links

Citizen science observations for Agyneta at iNaturalist

[wsc-1] 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Agyneta Hull, 1911". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.

[Saar1973-2] Saaristo, M. I. (1973). "Taxonomical analysis of the type-species of Agyneta, Anomalaria, Meioneta, Aprolagus, and Syedrula (Araneae, Linyphiidae)". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 10: 461.

[Bris1941-3] Bristowe, W. S. (1941). The comity of spiders. p. 516.

[Craw1988-4] Crawford, R. L. (1988). "An annotated checklist of the spiders of Washington". Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History. 5: 18.

[Dupé2013-5] 1 2 Dupérré, N. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseelum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a study of the embolic division within Micronetinae sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996". Zootaxa. 3674: 8. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3674.1.1.

[Hull1911-6] Hull, J. E. (1911). "Papers on spiders". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland. 3 (3): 573–590.

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