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Bolephthyphantes

Bolephthyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1901. As of May 2019 it contains only three species: B. caucasicus, B. index, and B. indexoides.

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Bolephthyphantes
B. index
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Bolephthyphantes
Strand, 19011
Type species
B. index
(Thorell, 1856)
Species
  • B. caucasicus (Tanasevitch, 1990) – Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan)
  • B. index (Thorell, 1856) – Greenland, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
  • B. indexoides (Tanasevitch, 1989) – Central Asia

Bolephthyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1901.2 As of May 2019 it contains only three species: B. caucasicus, B. index, and B. indexoides.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Bolephthyphantes Strand, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Strand, E. (1901). "Theridiiden aus dem nördlichen Norwegen". Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab Christiania. 24 (2): 1–66.