Lepthyphantes

Lepthyphantes
Lepthyphantes leprosus
L. minutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Subfamily:	Linyphiinae
Genus:	Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 [1]
Type species
L. minutus (Blackwall, 1833)
Species
144, see text

Lepthyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866. ^[2]

Its species are found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. ^[1]

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes 144 species and one subspecies. ^[1]

• Lepthyphantes abditus Tanasevitch, 1986 – Russia (Caucasus)
• Lepthyphantes aberdarensis Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
• Lepthyphantes aegeus Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece
• Lepthyphantes aelleni Denis, 1957 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes afer (Simon, 1913) – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes ajoti Bosmans, 1991 – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes albuloides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Cyprus, Israel
• Lepthyphantes aldersoni H. W. Levi & L. R. Levi, 1955 – Canada
• Lepthyphantes almoravidus Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes alpinus (Emerton, 1882) – Russia (Far East), North America
• Lepthyphantes altissimus Hu, 2001 – China
• Lepthyphantes badhkyzensis Tanasevitch, 1986 – Turkmenistan
• Lepthyphantes bakeri Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes balearicus Denis, 1961 – Spain (Balearic Is.)
• Lepthyphantes bamboutensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes bamilekei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes baoshanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2023 – China
• Lepthyphantes beroni Deltshev, 1979 – Greece
• Lepthyphantes beshkovi Deltshev, 1979 – Greece (Crete)
• Lepthyphantes bhudbari Tikader, 1970 – India
• Lepthyphantes bidentatus Hormiga & Ribera, 1990 – Spain
• Lepthyphantes biospeleologorum Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes brahimi Lecigne & Moutaouakil, 2025 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans, 1985 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979 – Greece (Crete)
• Lepthyphantes buensis Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon, Kenya
• Lepthyphantes carlittensis Denis, 1952 – France
• Lepthyphantes cavernicola Paik & Yaginuma, 1969 – Korea
• Lepthyphantes centromeroides Kulczyński, 1914 – Balkans, Romania, Ukraine
  • L. c. carpaticus Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1970 – Romania
• Lepthyphantes chamberlini Schenkel, 1950 – Canada, United States
• Lepthyphantes chita Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes christodeltshev van Helsdingen, 2009 – Greece
• Lepthyphantes concavus (Oi, 1960) – Japan
• Lepthyphantes cordis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Lepthyphantes cruciformis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan
• Lepthyphantes cruentatus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
• Lepthyphantes dilutus (Thorell, 1875) – Sweden
• Lepthyphantes dolichoskeles Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes ellipticus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China
• Lepthyphantes emarginatus Fage, 1931 – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes encaustus (Becker, 1879) – Romania
• Lepthyphantes ensifer Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes erigonoides Schenkel, 1936 – China
• Lepthyphantes escapus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Turkmenistan
• Lepthyphantes exvaginatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 1984 – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes fadriquei Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes fernandezi Berland, 1924 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
• Lepthyphantes frondeus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China
• Lepthyphantes furcillifer Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 – Canada, United States
• Lepthyphantes gadesi Fage, 1931 – Spain
• Lepthyphantes hirsutus Tanasevitch, 1988 – Russia (Far East)
• Lepthyphantes hissaricus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Tajikistan
• Lepthyphantes howelli Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes hublei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes hummeli Schenkel, 1936 – China
• Lepthyphantes hunanensis Yin, 2012 – China
• Lepthyphantes ibericus Ribera, 1981 – Spain
• Lepthyphantes imazigheni Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes impudicus Kulczyński, 1909 – Madeira
• Lepthyphantes inopinatus Locket, 1968 – DR Congo
• Lepthyphantes intricatus (Emerton, 1911) – Alaska, Canada, United States
• Lepthyphantes iranicus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 – Iran
• Lepthyphantes japonicus Oi, 1960 – Japan
• Lepthyphantes kansuensis Schenkel, 1936 – China
• Lepthyphantes kilimandjaricus Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes kolymensis Tanasevitch & Eskov, 1987 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia, Far East)
• Lepthyphantes kratochvili Fage, 1945 – Greece (Crete)
• Lepthyphantes lamellatus Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes latrobei Millidge, 1995 – Indonesia (Krakatau)
• Lepthyphantes latus Paik, 1965 – Korea
• Lepthyphantes lebronneci Berland, 1935 – Marquesas Islands
• Lepthyphantes leknizii Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert, 1865) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan. Introduced to North America, Chile, Falkland Is. St. Helena
• Lepthyphantes leucocerus Locket, 1968 – Angola
• Lepthyphantes leucopygius Denis, 1939 – France
• Lepthyphantes lingsoka Tikader, 1970 – India
• Lepthyphantes linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – China
• Lepthyphantes locketi van Helsdingen, 1977 – Angola, Kenya
• Lepthyphantes longihamatus Bosmans, 1985 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes longipedis Tanasevitch, 2014 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes louettei Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros
• Lepthyphantes lundbladi Schenkel, 1938 – Madeira
• Lepthyphantes luteipes (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Japan
• Lepthyphantes maculatus (Banks, 1900) – United States
• Lepthyphantes magnesiae Brignoli, 1979 – Albania, Greece, Turkey
• Lepthyphantes manengoubensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes mauli Wunderlich, 1992 – Madeira
• Lepthyphantes maurusius Brignoli, 1978 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes mbaboensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes meillonae Denis, 1953 – France
• Lepthyphantes messapicus Caporiacco, 1939 – Italy
• Lepthyphantes micromegethes Locket, 1968 – Angola
• Lepthyphantes microserratus Petrunkevitch, 1930 – Puerto Rico
• Lepthyphantes minusculus Locket, 1968 – DR Congo
• Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall, 1833) – Europe, Morocco, Algeria (type species)
• Lepthyphantes msuyai Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes natalis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes nenilini Tanasevitch, 1988 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
• Lepthyphantes neocaledonicus Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia
• Lepthyphantes nigropictus Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
• Lepthyphantes nitidior Simon, 1929 – France
• Lepthyphantes nodifer Simon, 1884 – France, Italy, Central Europe, Albania, Romania, Ukraine
• Lepthyphantes noeli Barrientos & Brañas, 2024 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes noronhensis Rodrigues, Brescovit & Freitas, 2008 – Brazil
• Lepthyphantes notabilis Kulczyński, 1887 – Europe
• Lepthyphantes okuensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes opilio Simon, 1929 – France
• Lepthyphantes palmeroensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands
• Lepthyphantes patulus Locket, 1968 – Angola
• Lepthyphantes pennatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes peramplus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – India
• Lepthyphantes perfidus Tanasevitch, 1985 – Central Asia
• Lepthyphantes phallifer Fage, 1931 – Spain
• Lepthyphantes phialoides Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes pieltaini Machado, 1940 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes rainieri Emerton, 1926 – Canada
• Lepthyphantes rimicola Lawrence, 1964 – South Africa
• Lepthyphantes rossitsae Dimitrov, 2018 – Turkey
• Lepthyphantes rudrai Tikader, 1970 – India
• Lepthyphantes ruwenzori Jocqué, 1985 – DR Congo, Uganda
• Lepthyphantes sasi Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes saurensis Eskov, 1995 – Kazakhstan
• Lepthyphantes serratus Oi, 1960 – Japan
• Lepthyphantes silvamontanus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes simiensis Bosmans, 1978 – Ethiopia
• Lepthyphantes soumiae Barrientos, 2021 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes speculae Denis, 1959 – Lebanon
• Lepthyphantes stramineus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – Pakistan
• Lepthyphantes strinatii Hubert, 1970 – Tunisia
• Lepthyphantes styx Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Islands
• Lepthyphantes subtilis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan
• Lepthyphantes tamara Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – United States
• Lepthyphantes taza Tanasevitch, 2014 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes todillus Simon, 1929 – France
• Lepthyphantes turanicus Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986 – Turkmenistan
• Lepthyphantes turbatrix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) – North America, Greenland
• Lepthyphantes ultimus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Tajikistan
• Lepthyphantes umbratilis (Keyserling, 1886) – United States
• Lepthyphantes vanstallei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes venereus Simon, 1913 – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes vividus Denis, 1955 – Lebanon
• Lepthyphantes younnesi Barrientos & Gerace, 2024 – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes yueluensis Yin, 2012 – China
• Lepthyphantes yushuensis Hu, 2001 – China

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
2. Menge, A. (1866). "Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 1: 1–152.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Lepthyphantes at iNaturalist