Pityohyphantes

alt=Hammock Spiders male and female (Pityohyphantes)|thumb|Sexually dimorphic male and female Pityohyphantes, commonly known as hammock spiders, is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1929. The name comes from the Ancient Greek (pitys), meaning "pine", and hyphantes, meaning "weaver".

==Species== it contains sixteen species and two subspecies, found in Europe and North America: Pityohyphantes alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes brachygynus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes costatus (Hentz, 1850) – US, Canada Pityohyphantes c. annulipes (Banks, 1892) – North America Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes c. coloradensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US Pityohyphantes hesperus (Chamberlin, 1920) – US Pityohyphantes kamela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes limitaneus (Emerton, 1915) – US, Canada Pityohyphantes lomondensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – US Pityohyphantes minidoka Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – US, Canada Pityohyphantes navajo Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US Pityohyphantes palilis (L. Koch, 1870) – Central, Eastern Europe Pityohyphantes pallidus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US Pityohyphantes phrygianus (C. L. Koch, 1836) (type) – Europe, Russia to Kazakhstan, Japan Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus (Keyserling, 1886) – US, Canada Pityohyphantes subarcticus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – Canada, US (Alaska) Pityohyphantes tacoma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – US