Linyphantes

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Linyphantes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Linyphantes
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 [1]
Type species
L. aeronauticus
Species

19, see text

Synonyms [1]
  • CentromeroidesSchenkel, 1950 [2]

Linyphantes is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1942. [3]

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Species

As of May 2019 it contains nineteen species and one subspecies, found in Canada, Mexico, and the United States: [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Linyphantes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. Helsdingen, P. J. van (1973). "A recapitulation of the Nearctic species of Centromerus Dahl (Araneida, Linyphiidae) with remarks on Tunagyna debilis (Banks)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 124: 10.
  3. Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1942). "A hundred new species of American spiders". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 32 (13): 1–117.