Bolyphantes

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Bolyphantes
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B. alticeps
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Bolyphantes
C. L. Koch, 1837 [1]
Type species
B. luteolus
(Blackwall, 1833)
Species

17, see text

Bolyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837. [2]

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Species

As of May 2019 it contains seventeen species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Bolyphantes C. L. Koch, 1837". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Koch, C. L. (1837). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems.
  3. "Bolyphantes alticeps (Sundevall, 1833) - Natural History Museum". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. "Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall, 1833) - Natural History Museum". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2020.