| Linyphantes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Linyphantes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 [1] |
| Type species | |
| L. aeronauticus (Petrunkevitch, 1929) | |
| Species | |
19, see text | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Linyphantes is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1942. [3]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains nineteen species and one subspecies, found in Canada, Mexico, and the United States: [1]