Hylyphantes graminicola is a small linyphiid spider with palaearctic distribution. It is one of the most important natural enemies of different pests in farmland and forests in Asia. In cotton fields, it was found to build a small web between clods of young plants, and to live on branches when the plant gets bigger. Up to 30 individuals per square meter were found in cotton fields of northern China. [1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Hylyphantes |
| Species: | H. graminicola
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| Hylyphantes graminicola (Sundevall, 1830)
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Linyphia graminicola | |
Name
editThe species name graminicola is Latin for "dwelling in grass".
References
edit- ^ Tu, L. & Li, S. (2003). A review of the spider genus Hylyphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from China. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51(2):209-214. PDF Archived 2006-12-29 at the Wayback Machine