Genus Hylyphantes Simon, 1884 Hylyphantes Simon, 1884: 463. Type species. – Erigone nigrita Simon, 1881, by monotypy. Generic diagnosis. – Tm I 0.60-0.65, Tm IV present, tibial spines 2-2-1-1. Both sexes are similar in general appearance, male head without modification. Male palp tibia has three trichobothria. The male Hylyphantes can be distinguished from other erigonine genera by: 1) the turbinated embolus; 2) the plate-shaped, bifurcated (with thumb-shaped upper ramus) paracymbium; 3) protegulum membranous with numerous papillae and a tail- shaped tip. The female Hylyphantes can be identified by a pair of spiral copulatory ducts. Description. – See Simon (1884).

Published as part of Tu, Lihong & Li, Shuqiang, 2003, A Review Of The Spider Genus Hylyphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae) From China, pp. 209-214 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2) on page 209, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619391