Caviphantes

Caviphantes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

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

Species

As of May 2019^[update] 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.