Caviphantes

Caviphantes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Caviphantes ; Oi, 1960
Type species
	C. samensis ; Oi, 1960
Species
	5, see text
Synonyms
	LessertiellaDumitrescu & Miller, 1962; MaxillodensZhu & Zhou, 1992;

Last updated January 25, 2026

Caviphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Oi in 1960.^[4]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species:^[1]

Caviphantes dobrogicus (Dumitrescu & Miller, 1962) – Romania to Central Asia
Caviphantes flagellatus (Zhu & Zhou, 1992) – China
Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum Wunderlich, 1979 – Lebanon to India, Nepal, China, Russia (Kurile Is.), Japan
Caviphantes samensis Oi, 1960 (type) – China, Japan
Caviphantes saxetorum (Hull, 1916) – USA, Europe, Russia (Urals, South Siberia)

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Caviphantes Oi, 1960". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-13.
↑ Wunderlich, J. (1979). "Linyphiidae aus Nepal, III. Die Gattungen Caviphantes Oi 1960 und Lessertiella Dumitrescu & Miller 1962 (Arachnida: Araneae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 60: 85.
↑ Eskov, K. Y.; Marusik, Y. M. (1994). "New data on the taxonomy and faunistics of North Asian linyphiid spiders (Aranei Linyphiidae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 2 (4): 67.
↑ Oi, R. (1960). "Linyphiid spiders of Japan". Journal of the Institute of Polytechnics Osaka City University. 11: 137–244.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Caviphantes Oi, 1960". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-13.

[Wund1979-2] Wunderlich, J. (1979). "Linyphiidae aus Nepal, III. Die Gattungen Caviphantes Oi 1960 und Lessertiella Dumitrescu & Miller 1962 (Arachnida: Araneae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 60: 85.

[Esko1994-3] Eskov, K. Y.; Marusik, Y. M. (1994). "New data on the taxonomy and faunistics of North Asian linyphiid spiders (Aranei Linyphiidae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 2 (4): 67.

[Oi1960-4] Oi, R. (1960). "Linyphiid spiders of Japan". Journal of the Institute of Polytechnics Osaka City University. 11: 137–244.

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