Caviphantes

Caviphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Oi in 1960.[4]

Caviphantes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Caviphantes
Oi, 1960[1]
Type species
C. samensis
Oi, 1960
Species

5, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Lessertiella Dumitrescu & Miller, 1962[2]
  • Maxillodens Zhu & Zhou, 1992[3]

Species

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

  • Caviphantes dobrogicus (Dumitrescu & Miller, 1962) – Romania to Central Asia
  • Caviphantes flagellatus (Zhu & Zhou, 1992) – China
  • Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum Wunderlich, 1979 – Lebanon to India, Nepal, China, Russia (Kurile Is.), Japan
  • Caviphantes samensis Oi, 1960 (type) – China, Japan
  • Caviphantes saxetorum (Hull, 1916) – USA, Europe, Russia (Urals, South Siberia)

See also
  • List of Linyphiidae species

References
  1. "Gen. Caviphantes Oi, 1960". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Wunderlich, J. (1979). "Linyphiidae aus Nepal, III. Die Gattungen Caviphantes Oi 1960 und Lessertiella Dumitrescu & Miller 1962 (Arachnida: Araneae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 60: 85.
  3. Eskov, K. Y.; Marusik, Y. M. (1994). "New data on the taxonomy and faunistics of North Asian linyphiid spiders (Aranei Linyphiidae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 2 (4): 67.
  4. Oi, R. (1960). "Linyphiid spiders of Japan". Journal of the Institute of Polytechnics Osaka City University. 11: 137–244.


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