Metaleptyphantes

Metaleptyphantes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968 [1]
Type species
M. machadoi Locket, 1968
Species
18, see text

Metaleptyphantes is an African genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1968. ^{[2] [1]}

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes eighteen species: ^[1]

• Metaleptyphantes bifoliatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
• Metaleptyphantes cameroonensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Metaleptyphantes carinatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
• Metaleptyphantes clavator Locket, 1968 – DR Congo, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania
• Metaleptyphantes dentiferens Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
• Metaleptyphantes dubius Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 – Nigeria
• Metaleptyphantes familiaris Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
• Metaleptyphantes foulfouldei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Metaleptyphantes kraepelini (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java)
• Metaleptyphantes machadoi Locket, 1968 – Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania (type species)
• Metaleptyphantes ovatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
• Metaleptyphantes perexiguus (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Africa, Comoros
• Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968 – Angola, Seychelles
• Metaleptyphantes subclavator Tanasevitch, 2025 – Ethiopia
• Metaleptyphantes triangulatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
• Metaleptyphantes uncinatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
• Metaleptyphantes vates Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
• Metaleptyphantes vicinus Locket, 1968 – Kenya, Angola

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
2. Locket, G. H. (1968). "Spiders of the family Linyphiidae from Angola". Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 71: 61–144.