Himalaphantes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Subfamilia: Micronetinae
Genus: Himalaphantes
Species: H. aduncus – H. arcuatus – H. auriculus – H. azumiensis – H. fugongensis – H. grandiculus – H. gyratus – H. lingulatus – H. magnus – H. martensi – H. pseudoaduncus – H. pulae – H. uncatus – H. zhangmuensis
Name

Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992

Type species: Lepthyphantes grandiculus Andrei Victorovitch Tanasevitch, 1987

Gender: Masculine
References
Primary references

Tanasevitch, A.V. 1992. New genera and species of the tribe Lepthyphantini (Aranei Linyphiidae Micronetinae) from Asia (with some nomenclatorial notes on linyphiids). Arthropoda Selecta 1(1): 39-50. Reference page.

Additional references

Tanasevitch, A.V. 1987b. The spider genus Lepthyphantes Menge 1866 in Nepal (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 93: 43-64. Reference page.
Zhang, M-T., Liu, P., Irfan, M. & Peng, X-J. 2022. A survey of the genus Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) with description of three new species from Yunnan, China. Zookeys 1123ː 47–62. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1123.86261 Open access Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Himalaphantes is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 1992.[2]
Species

As of January 2023 it contains fourteen species, found in China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Russia:[1]

Himalaphantes aduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes arcuatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes auriculus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes azumiensis (Oi, 1979) – Russia (Far East), China, Japan
Himalaphantes fugongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes grandiculus (Tanasevitch, 1987) (type) – Nepal
Himalaphantes gyratus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes lingulatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes magnus (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Nepal
Himalaphantes martensi (Thaler, 1987) – India (Kashmir), Nepal
Himalaphantes pseudoaduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes pulae Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes uncatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 – China
Himalaphantes zhangmuensis (Hu, 2001) – China

See also

List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

References

"Gen. Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
Tanasevitch, A. V. (1992). "New genera and species of the tribe Lepthyphantini (Aranei Linyphiidae Micronetinae) from Asia (with some nomenclatorial notes on linyphiids)". Arthropoda Selecta. 1 (1): 39–50.