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Gen. 5. TAPINOPA Weste. 1851. 
Deriv.: rzezewóc, low; aw, face. 
Syn.: 1834. Linyphia Reuss., Zool. Mise., Arachn., (ad part.:) p. 264 (270)). 
1851. Tapinopa WtsTR., Förteckn., p. 38. 
1864. Linyphia Brackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., II, p. 210 (ad partem). 
1864. 5 Siv., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 222 (ad partem). 
1866. Tapinopa MENGE, Preuss. Spinn., I, p. 143. 
Type: Tapinopa longidens (REUSS). 
This remarkable genus, which was formed by WESTRING, approximates , 
in the very small distance between the anterior central eyes and the margin 
of the clypeus, to the preceding family, the Æpeiroide. The lateral eyes 
are however far distant from that margin, as in other Zheridioidæ, to which 
family the whole appearance of the only yet known species clearly indi- 
cates it as belonging. The form of the web of 7. longidens is also iden- 
tical with that of Linyphia. 
The claws are of the same form as in Linyphia: the superior claws 
of the tarsi are slender, strongly bent, with about 3—5 small saw-teeth 
under their first half; the inferior claw is comparatively large, with two 
close-set teeth of unequal size. The female’s palpal claw is still more slen- 
der, less curved, with a couple of small teeth nearer its base. 
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Gen. 6. LINYPHIA (LarmR.) 1804. 
Deriv.: Aívov, flax; vgaivw, weave. 
Syn.: 1804. Linyphia LaTm., in Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., XXIV, p. 134 (ad partem). 
1805. " Warck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 70 (ad maz. part.). 
1833. Erigone SUND., Sv. Spindl. Beskr., in Vet.-Akad. Handl. f. 1832, p. 259 (ad 
partem). 
1833. Neriene Buackw., Charact. of some undescr. gen. and spec. of Aran., p. 187 
(ad partem). 
1837. Bolyphantes C. KocH, in Uebers. d. Arachn.-Syst., 1, p. 9 (ad partem). 
1861. Linyphia Wesrr., Aran. Suec., p. 90. 
1864. * Buackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., II, p. 210 (ad maz. part.). 
1864. Neriene ID., ibid., p. 248 (ad partem). 
1864. Linyphia Srw., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 222 (ad max. part.). 
1864. Bolyphantes ID., ibid., p. 231. 
1866. Linyphia MENGE, Preuss. Spinn., I, p. 101. 
1866. Bathyphantes ID., ibid., p. 111. 
11866. Pedina ID., ibid., p. 125. 
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