5, see text Hylyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.

[3] It is distinct from related genera by a pair of spiral copulatory ducts in the female, which are matched by a turbinated embolus in the male.

[4] Both sexes are similar in appearance; the male has no modifications.

[4] As of May 2019[update] it contains five species, found in China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam:[1]