Canariphantes

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Canariphantes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Canariphantes
Wunderlich, 1992 [1]
Type species
C. alpicola
Wunderlich, 1992
Species

11, see text

Canariphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992. [2] It might be a junior synonym of Lepthyphantes . [3]

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Species

As of May 2019 it contains thirteen species and one subspecies: [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Wunderlich, J. (1992). "Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 1: 1–619.
  3. Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Zu Ökologie, Biogeographie, Evolution und Taxonomie einiger Spinnen der Makaronesischen Inseln (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 423.