Tapinopa Explained

Tapinopa is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.^[1]

Species

it contains eight species, found in Asia, Europe, and the United States:^[2]

• Tapinopa bilineata Banks, 1893 – USA
• Tapinopa disjugata Simon, 1884 – Portugal, France, Sardinia
• Tapinopa gerede Saaristo, 1997 – Turkey
• Tapinopa guttata Komatsu, 1937 – Russia, China, Japan
• Tapinopa hentzi Gertsch, 1951 – USA
• Tapinopa longidens (Wider, 1834) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, China, Japan
• Tapinopa undata Zhao & Li, 2014 – China
• Tapinopa vara Locket, 1982 – China, Thailand, Malaysia (mainland), Indonesia (Sumatra)

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

Notes and References

1. Westring. N.. 1851. Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 25–62. 2. Niklas_Westring.
2. Gen. Tapinopa Westring, 1851. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-24. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.