Metaleptyphantes
| Metaleptyphantes | |
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Species | |
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17, see text | |
Metaleptyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1968.[2]
Species[edit]
As of May 2019[update] it contains seventeen species:[1]
- Metaleptyphantes bifoliatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
- Metaleptyphantes cameroonensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
- Metaleptyphantes carinatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
- Metaleptyphantes clavator Locket, 1968 – Congo, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania
- Metaleptyphantes dentiferens Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
- Metaleptyphantes dubius Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 – Nigeria
- Metaleptyphantes familiaris Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
- Metaleptyphantes foulfouldei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
- Metaleptyphantes kraepelini (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java)
- Metaleptyphantes machadoi Locket, 1968 (type) – Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania
- Metaleptyphantes ovatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Metaleptyphantes perexiguus (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Africa, Comoros
- Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968 – Angola, Seychelles
- Metaleptyphantes triangulatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
- Metaleptyphantes uncinatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
- Metaleptyphantes vates Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
- Metaleptyphantes vicinus Locket, 1968 – Angola
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gen. Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- ^ Locket, G. H. (1968). "Spiders of the family Linyphiidae from Angola". Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 71: 61–144.