Improphantes

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: Improphantes
Species: I. biconicus – I. complicatus – I. contus – I. cypriot – I. decolor – I. djazairi – I. falcatus – I. flexilis – I. furcabilis – I. geniculatus – I. holmi – I. huberti – I. improbulus – I. mauensis – I. multidentatus – I. nitidus – I. pamiricus – I. potanini – I. turok
Name

Improphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996

Type species: Lepthyphantes improbulus Eugène Simon, 1929
References

Saaristo, M. I. & A. V. Tanasevitch. 1996. Redelimitation of the subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 and the genus Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 with descriptions of some new genera (Aranei, Linyphiidae). Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 83: 163–186. [177] Zipped PDF
Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Improphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996.[2]
Species

As of May 2019 it contains twenty species, found in Algeria, China, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, and Turkey:[1]

Improphantes biconicus (Tanasevitch, 1992) – Russia (Far East), Japan
Improphantes breviscapus Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel
Improphantes complicatus (Emerton, 1882) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
Improphantes contus Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007 – Kazakhstan
Improphantes cypriot Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus
Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861) – Europe, North Africa
Improphantes djazairi (Bosmans, 1985) – Algeria
Improphantes falcatus (Bosmans, 1979) – Kenya
Improphantes flexilis (Tanasevitch, 1986) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
Improphantes furcabilis (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is.
Improphantes geniculatus (Kulczyński, 1898) – Germany to Russia (West Siberia)
Improphantes holmi (Kronestedt, 1975) – Sweden, Finland, Russia (Urals)
Improphantes huberti (Wunderlich, 1980) – France (Corsica)
Improphantes improbulus (Simon, 1929) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia (Russia, Kazakhstan), China
Improphantes mauensis (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
Improphantes multidentatus (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is.
Improphantes nitidus (Thorell, 1875) – Europe
Improphantes pamiricus (Tanasevitch, 1989) – Tajikistan
Improphantes potanini (Tanasevitch, 1989) – Kyrgyzstan
Improphantes turok Tanasevitch, 2011 – Turkey