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Lepthyphantes

Lepthyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.

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Lepthyphantes
Lepthyphantes leprosus
L. minutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Subfamily: Linyphiinae
Genus: Lepthyphantes
Menge, 18661
Type species
L. minutus
(Blackwall, 1833)
Species

144, see text

Lepthyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.2

Its species are found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.1

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 144 species and one subspecies.1

  • Lepthyphantes abditus Tanasevitch, 1986 – Russia (Caucasus)
  • Lepthyphantes aberdarensis Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
  • Lepthyphantes aegeus Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece
  • Lepthyphantes aelleni Denis, 1957 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes afer (Simon, 1913) – Algeria
  • Lepthyphantes ajoti Bosmans, 1991 – Algeria
  • Lepthyphantes albuloides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Cyprus, Israel
  • Lepthyphantes aldersoni H. W. Levi & L. R. Levi, 1955 – Canada
  • Lepthyphantes almoravidus Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes alpinus (Emerton, 1882) – Russia (Far East), North America
  • Lepthyphantes altissimus Hu, 2001 – China
  • Lepthyphantes badhkyzensis Tanasevitch, 1986 – Turkmenistan
  • Lepthyphantes bakeri Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Lepthyphantes balearicus Denis, 1961 – Spain (Balearic Is.)
  • Lepthyphantes bamboutensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Lepthyphantes bamilekei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Lepthyphantes baoshanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2023 – China
  • Lepthyphantes beroni Deltshev, 1979 – Greece
  • Lepthyphantes beshkovi Deltshev, 1979 – Greece (Crete)
  • Lepthyphantes bhudbari Tikader, 1970 – India
  • Lepthyphantes bidentatus Hormiga & Ribera, 1990 – Spain
  • Lepthyphantes biospeleologorum Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes brahimi Lecigne & Moutaouakil, 2025 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans, 1985 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979 – Greece (Crete)
  • Lepthyphantes buensis Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon, Kenya
  • Lepthyphantes carlittensis Denis, 1952 – France
  • Lepthyphantes cavernicola Paik & Yaginuma, 1969 – Korea
  • Lepthyphantes centromeroides Kulczyński, 1914 – Balkans, Romania, Ukraine
    • L. c. carpaticus Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1970 – Romania
  • Lepthyphantes chamberlini Schenkel, 1950 – Canada, United States
  • Lepthyphantes chita Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Lepthyphantes christodeltshev van Helsdingen, 2009 – Greece
  • Lepthyphantes concavus (Oi, 1960) – Japan
  • Lepthyphantes cordis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
  • Lepthyphantes cruciformis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan
  • Lepthyphantes cruentatus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
  • Lepthyphantes dilutus (Thorell, 1875) – Sweden
  • Lepthyphantes dolichoskeles Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Lepthyphantes ellipticus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China
  • Lepthyphantes emarginatus Fage, 1931 – Algeria
  • Lepthyphantes encaustus (Becker, 1879) – Romania
  • Lepthyphantes ensifer Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes erigonoides Schenkel, 1936 – China
  • Lepthyphantes escapus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Turkmenistan
  • Lepthyphantes exvaginatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 1984 – Algeria
  • Lepthyphantes fadriquei Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes fernandezi Berland, 1924 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
  • Lepthyphantes frondeus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China
  • Lepthyphantes furcillifer Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 – Canada, United States
  • Lepthyphantes gadesi Fage, 1931 – Spain
  • Lepthyphantes hirsutus Tanasevitch, 1988 – Russia (Far East)
  • Lepthyphantes hissaricus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Tajikistan
  • Lepthyphantes howelli Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
  • Lepthyphantes hublei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Lepthyphantes hummeli Schenkel, 1936 – China
  • Lepthyphantes hunanensis Yin, 2012 – China
  • Lepthyphantes ibericus Ribera, 1981 – Spain
  • Lepthyphantes imazigheni Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes impudicus Kulczyński, 1909 – Madeira
  • Lepthyphantes inopinatus Locket, 1968 – DR Congo
  • Lepthyphantes intricatus (Emerton, 1911) – Alaska, Canada, United States
  • Lepthyphantes iranicus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 – Iran
  • Lepthyphantes japonicus Oi, 1960 – Japan
  • Lepthyphantes kansuensis Schenkel, 1936 – China
  • Lepthyphantes kilimandjaricus Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania
  • Lepthyphantes kolymensis Tanasevitch & Eskov, 1987 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia, Far East)
  • Lepthyphantes kratochvili Fage, 1945 – Greece (Crete)
  • Lepthyphantes lamellatus Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes latrobei Millidge, 1995 – Indonesia (Krakatau)
  • Lepthyphantes latus Paik, 1965 – Korea
  • Lepthyphantes lebronneci Berland, 1935 – Marquesas Islands
  • Lepthyphantes leknizii Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert, 1865) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan. Introduced to North America, Chile, Falkland Is. St. Helena
  • Lepthyphantes leucocerus Locket, 1968 – Angola
  • Lepthyphantes leucopygius Denis, 1939 – France
  • Lepthyphantes lingsoka Tikader, 1970 – India
  • Lepthyphantes linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – China
  • Lepthyphantes locketi van Helsdingen, 1977 – Angola, Kenya
  • Lepthyphantes longihamatus Bosmans, 1985 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes longipedis Tanasevitch, 2014 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes louettei Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros
  • Lepthyphantes lundbladi Schenkel, 1938 – Madeira
  • Lepthyphantes luteipes (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Japan
  • Lepthyphantes maculatus (Banks, 1900) – United States
  • Lepthyphantes magnesiae Brignoli, 1979 – Albania, Greece, Turkey
  • Lepthyphantes manengoubensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Lepthyphantes mauli Wunderlich, 1992 – Madeira
  • Lepthyphantes maurusius Brignoli, 1978 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes mbaboensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Lepthyphantes meillonae Denis, 1953 – France
  • Lepthyphantes messapicus Caporiacco, 1939 – Italy
  • Lepthyphantes micromegethes Locket, 1968 – Angola
  • Lepthyphantes microserratus Petrunkevitch, 1930 – Puerto Rico
  • Lepthyphantes minusculus Locket, 1968 – DR Congo
  • Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall, 1833) – Europe, Morocco, Algeria (type species)
  • Lepthyphantes msuyai Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Lepthyphantes natalis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Lepthyphantes nenilini Tanasevitch, 1988 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
  • Lepthyphantes neocaledonicus Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia
  • Lepthyphantes nigropictus Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
  • Lepthyphantes nitidior Simon, 1929 – France
  • Lepthyphantes nodifer Simon, 1884 – France, Italy, Central Europe, Albania, Romania, Ukraine
  • Lepthyphantes noeli Barrientos & Brañas, 2024 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes noronhensis Rodrigues, Brescovit & Freitas, 2008 – Brazil
  • Lepthyphantes notabilis Kulczyński, 1887 – Europe
  • Lepthyphantes okuensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Lepthyphantes opilio Simon, 1929 – France
  • Lepthyphantes palmeroensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands
  • Lepthyphantes patulus Locket, 1968 – Angola
  • Lepthyphantes pennatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Lepthyphantes peramplus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – India
  • Lepthyphantes perfidus Tanasevitch, 1985 – Central Asia
  • Lepthyphantes phallifer Fage, 1931 – Spain
  • Lepthyphantes phialoides Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Lepthyphantes pieltaini Machado, 1940 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes rainieri Emerton, 1926 – Canada
  • Lepthyphantes rimicola Lawrence, 1964 – South Africa
  • Lepthyphantes rossitsae Dimitrov, 2018 – Turkey
  • Lepthyphantes rudrai Tikader, 1970 – India
  • Lepthyphantes ruwenzori Jocqué, 1985 – DR Congo, Uganda
  • Lepthyphantes sasi Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes saurensis Eskov, 1995 – Kazakhstan
  • Lepthyphantes serratus Oi, 1960 – Japan
  • Lepthyphantes silvamontanus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
  • Lepthyphantes simiensis Bosmans, 1978 – Ethiopia
  • Lepthyphantes soumiae Barrientos, 2021 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes speculae Denis, 1959 – Lebanon
  • Lepthyphantes stramineus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – Pakistan
  • Lepthyphantes strinatii Hubert, 1970 – Tunisia
  • Lepthyphantes styx Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Islands
  • Lepthyphantes subtilis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan
  • Lepthyphantes tamara Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – United States
  • Lepthyphantes taza Tanasevitch, 2014 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes todillus Simon, 1929 – France
  • Lepthyphantes turanicus Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986 – Turkmenistan
  • Lepthyphantes turbatrix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) – North America, Greenland
  • Lepthyphantes ultimus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Tajikistan
  • Lepthyphantes umbratilis (Keyserling, 1886) – United States
  • Lepthyphantes vanstallei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Lepthyphantes venereus Simon, 1913 – Algeria
  • Lepthyphantes vividus Denis, 1955 – Lebanon
  • Lepthyphantes younnesi Barrientos & Gerace, 2024 – Morocco
  • Lepthyphantes yueluensis Yin, 2012 – China
  • Lepthyphantes yushuensis Hu, 2001 – China
References

References

  1. "Gen. Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. Menge, A. (1866). "Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 1: 1–152.
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