Metaleptyphantes

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Metaleptyphantes
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

17, see text

Metaleptyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1968. [2]

Contents

The belong to the Linyphiidae family of spiders.

Species

As of May 2019 it contains seventeen species: [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Locket, G. H. (1968). "Spiders of the family Linyphiidae from Angola". Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 71: 61–144.