Himalaphantes

Himalaphantes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Himalaphantes ; Tanasevitch, 1992
Type species
	H. grandiculus ; (Tanasevitch, 1987)
Species
	14, see text

Last updated January 25, 2026

Himalaphantes is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 1992.^[2]

Species

As of January 2023^[update] it contains fourteen species, found in China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Russia:^[1]

Himalaphantes aduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes arcuatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes auriculus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes azumiensis (Oi, 1979) – Russia (Far East), China, Japan
Himalaphantes fugongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes grandiculus (Tanasevitch, 1987) (type) – Nepal
Himalaphantes gyratus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes lingulatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes magnus (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Nepal
Himalaphantes martensi (Thaler, 1987) – India (Kashmir), Nepal
Himalaphantes pseudoaduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes pulae Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes uncatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes zhangmuensis (Hu, 2001) – China

References

1 2 "Gen. Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 15 January 2023.
↑ Tanasevitch, A. V. (1992). "New genera and species of the tribe Lepthyphantini (Aranei Linyphiidae Micronetinae) from Asia (with some nomenclatorial notes on linyphiids)". Arthropoda Selecta. 1 (1): 39–50.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[Tana1992-2] Tanasevitch, A. V. (1992). "New genera and species of the tribe Lepthyphantini (Aranei Linyphiidae Micronetinae) from Asia (with some nomenclatorial notes on linyphiids)". Arthropoda Selecta. 1 (1): 39–50.

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