| Tenuiphantes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| T. cristatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Tenuiphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 [1] |
| Type species | |
| T. tenuis (Blackwall, 1852) | |
| Species | |
44, see text | |
Tenuiphantes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996. [2]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains forty-four species, found in Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe, Argentina, Micronesia, New Zealand, and Chile: [1]
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Asthenargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon & L. Fage in 1922.
Centromerus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by David B. Hirst in 1886.
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Incestophantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 1992.
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