Metaleptyphantes Explained

Metaleptyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1968.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species:^[2]

• 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

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Locket. G. H.. 1968. Spiders of the family Linyphiidae from Angola. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 61–144. 71.
2. Gen. Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-16. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.