Lepthyphantes

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

Last updated March 14, 2021

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

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains 163 species and two subspecies, found in Albania, Algeria, Angola, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Comoros, Middle Africa, Cyprus, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, Greenland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and the United States:^[1]

L. abditus Tanasevitch, 1986 – Russia (Caucasus)
L. aberdarensis Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
L. acuminifrons Bosmans, 1978 – Ethiopia
L. aegeus Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece
L. aelleni Denis, 1957 – Morocco
L. afer (Simon, 1913) – Algeria
L. ajoti Bosmans, 1991 – Algeria
L. albimaculatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – St. Helena
L. albuloides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Cyprus, Israel
L. aldersoni [[Herbert Walter Levi|Levi]] & [[Herbert Walter Levi|Levi]], 1955 – Canada
L. allegrii Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
L. alpinus (Emerton, 1882) – Russia (Far East), North America
L. altissimus Hu, 2001 – China
L. annulipes Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
L. arcticus (Keyserling, 1886) – USA (Alaska)
L. badhkyzensis Tanasevitch, 1986 – Turkmenistan
L. bakeri Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
L. balearicus Denis, 1961 – Spain (Balearic Is.)
L. bamboutensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
L. bamilekei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
L. beroni Deltshev, 1979 – Greece
L. beshkovi Deltshev, 1979 – Greece (Crete)
L. bhudbari Tikader, 1970 – India
L. bidentatus Hormiga & Ribera, 1990 – Spain
L. bigerrensis Simon, 1929 – France
L. biseriatus Simon & Fage, 1922 – Kenya
- Lepthyphantes b. infans Simon & Fage, 1922 – East Africa
L. bituberculatus Bosmans, 1978 – Ethiopia
L. brevihamatus Bosmans, 1985 – Morocco
L. brignolianus Deltshev, 1979 – Greece (Crete)
L. buensis Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
L. carlittensis Denis, 1952 – France
L. cavernicola Paik & Yaginuma, 1969 – Korea
L. centromeroides Kulczyński, 1914 – Balkans, Romania
- Lepthyphantes c. carpaticus Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1970 – Romania
L. chamberlini Schenkel, 1950 – USA, Canada
L. chita Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
L. christodeltshev van Helsdingen, 2009 – Greece
L. concavus (Oi, 1960) – Japan
L. constantinescui Georgescu, 1989 – Romania
L. coomansi Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
L. corfuensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Greece
L. cruciformis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan
L. cruentatus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
L. cultellifer Schenkel, 1936 – China
L. deosaicola Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
L. dilutus (Thorell, 1875) – Sweden
L. dolichoskeles Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
L. eleonorae Wunderlich, 1995 – Italy (Sardinia)
L. emarginatus Fage, 1931 – Algeria
L. encaustus (Becker, 1879) – Romania, Moldova
L. erigonoides Schenkel, 1936 – China
L. escapus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Turkmenistan
L. exvaginatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 1984 – Algeria
L. fagei Machado, 1939 – Spain
L. fernandezi Berland, 1924 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
L. furcillifer Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 – USA
L. gadesi Fage, 1931 – Spain
L. garganicus Caporiacco, 1951 – Italy
L. hamifer Simon, 1884 – France, China
L. hirsutus Tanasevitch, 1988 – Russia (Far East)
L. hissaricus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Tajikistan
L. howelli Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
L. hublei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
L. hummeli Schenkel, 1936 – China
L. hunanensis Yin, 2012 – China
L. ibericus Ribera, 1981 – Spain
L. impudicus Kulczyński, 1909 – Madeira
L. incertissimus Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
L. inopinatus Locket, 1968 – Congo
L. intricatus (Emerton, 1911) – USA, Canada
L. iranicus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 – Iran
L. japonicus Oi, 1960 – Japan
L. kansuensis Schenkel, 1936 – China
L. kekenboschi Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
L. kenyensis Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
L. kilimandjaricus Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania
L. kolymensis Tanasevitch & Eskov, 1987 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia, Far East)
L. kratochvili Fage, 1945 – Greece (Crete)
L. laguncula Denis, 1937 – Algeria
L. latrobei Millidge, 1995 – Indonesia (Krakatau)
L. latus Paik, 1965 – Korea
L. lebronneci Berland, 1935 – Marquesas Is.
L. leprosus (Ohlert, 1865) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan. Introduced to Chile
L. leucocerus Locket, 1968 – Angola
L. leucopygius Denis, 1939 – France
L. ligulifer Denis, 1952 – Romania
L. lingsoka Tikader, 1970 – India
L. linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – China
L. locketi van Helsdingen, 1977 – Angola, Kenya
L. longihamatus Bosmans, 1985 – Morocco
L. longipedis Tanasevitch, 2014 – Morocco
L. louettei Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros
L. lundbladi Schenkel, 1938 – Madeira
L. luteipes (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Japan
L. maculatus (Banks, 1900) – USA
L. maesi Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
L. magnesiae Brignoli, 1979 – Albania, Greece
L. manengoubensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
L. mauli Wunderlich, 1992 – Madeira
L. maurusius Brignoli, 1978 – Morocco
L. mbaboensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
L. meillonae Denis, 1953 – France
L. messapicus Caporiacco, 1939 – Italy
L. micromegethes Locket, 1968 – Angola
L. microserratus Petrunkevitch, 1930 – Puerto Rico
L. minusculus Locket, 1968 – Congo
L. minutus (Blackwall, 1833) (type) – Europe
L. msuyai Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
L. natalis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
L. nenilini Tanasevitch, 1988 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
L. neocaledonicus Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia
L. nigridorsus Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
L. nigropictus Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
L. nitidior Simon, 1929 – France
L. nodifer Simon, 1884 – Europe
L. noronhensis Rodrigues, Brescovit & Freitas, 2008 – Brazil
L. notabilis Kulczyński, 1887 – Europe
L. obtusicornis Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
L. okuensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
L. opilio Simon, 1929 – France
L. palmeroensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
L. patulus Locket, 1968 – Angola
L. pennatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
L. peramplus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – India
L. perfidus Tanasevitch, 1985 – Central Asia
L. phallifer Fage, 1931 – Spain
L. phialoides Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
L. pieltaini Machado, 1940 – Morocco
L. pratorum Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
L. rainieri Emerton, 1926 – Canada
L. rimicola Lawrence, 1964 – South Africa
L. ritae Bosmans, 1985 – Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
L. rossitsae Dimitrov, 2018 – Turkey
L. rubescens Emerton, 1926 – Canada
L. rudrai Tikader, 1970 – India
L. ruwenzori Jocqué, 1985 – Congo, Uganda
L. sardous Gozo, 1908 – Italy (Sardinia)
L. saurensis Eskov, 1995 – Kazakhstan
L. serratus Oi, 1960 – Japan
L. silvamontanus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
L. simiensis Bosmans, 1978 – Ethiopia
L. speculae Denis, 1959 – Lebanon
L. stramineus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – India
L. striatiformis Caporiacco, 1934 – Karakorum
L. strinatii Hubert, 1970 – Tunisia
L. styx Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.
L. subtilis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan
L. tamara Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
L. taza Tanasevitch, 2014 – Morocco
L. todillus Simon, 1929 – France
L. trivittatus Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
L. tropicalis Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania
L. tullgreni Bosmans, 1978 – Tanzania
L. turanicus Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986 – Turkmenistan
L. turbatrix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) – North America, Greenland
L. ultimus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Tajikistan
L. umbratilis (Keyserling, 1886) – USA
L. vanstallei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
L. venereus Simon, 1913 – Algeria
L. vividus Denis, 1955 – Lebanon
L. yueluensis Yin, 2012 – China
L. yushuensis Hu, 2001 – China
L. zaragozai Ribera, 1981 – Spain
L. zhangmuensis Hu, 2001 – China

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References

1 2 "Gen. Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-15.
↑ Menge, A. (1866). "Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 1: 1–152.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-15.

[Meng1866-2] Menge, A. (1866). "Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 1: 1–152.

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Lepthyphantes

Lepthyphantes leprosus
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
163, see text