Bathyphantes Explained

Bathyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.^[1]

Species

it contains fifty-seven species and one subspecies:^[2]

• B. alameda Ivie, 1969 – USA, Canada
• B. alascensis (Banks, 1900) – USA, Canada
• B. alboventris (Banks, 1892) – USA, Canada
• B. approximatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia)
• B. bishopi Ivie, 1969 – USA
• B. bohuensis Zhu & Zhou, 1983 – China
• B. brevipes (Emerton, 1917) – USA, Canada
• B. brevis (Emerton, 1911) – USA, Canada
• B. canadensis (Emerton, 1882) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Canada, USA
• B. chico Ivie, 1969 – USA
• B. diasosnemis Fage, 1929 – USA
• B. dubius Locket, 1968 – Angola
• B. eumenis (L. Koch, 1879) – USA (Alaska), Canada, Czech Rep., Poland, Finland, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
  • Bathyphantes e. buchari Ruzicka, 1988 – Central Europe
• B. fissidens Simon, 1902 – Argentina
• B. floralis Tu & Li, 2006 – Laos, Vietnam
• B. glacialis Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
• B. gracilipes van Helsdingen, 1977 – St. Helena
• B. gracilis (Blackwall, 1841) (type) – North America, Europe, Northern Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan
• B. gulkana Ivie, 1969 – Russia (Far East), USA (Alaska), Canada
• B. helenae van Helsdingen, 1977 – St. Helena
• B. hirsutus Locket, 1968 – Congo
• B. humilis (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Europe to Far East)
• B. iviei Holm, 1970 – USA (Alaska)
• B. jeniseicus Eskov, 1979 – Finland, Russia (West Siberia to Far East)
• B. keeni (Emerton, 1917) – Canada, USA
• B. larvarum Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
• B. latescens (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA
• B. lennoxensis Simon, 1902 – Argentina
• B. mainlingensis Hu, 2001 – China
• B. malkini Ivie, 1969 – USA, Canada
• B. menyuanensis Hu, 2001 – China
• B. minor Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Borneo
• B. montanus Rainbow, 1912 – Australia (Queensland)
• B. nangqianensis Hu, 2001 – China
• B. nigrinus (Westring, 1851) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
• B. ohlerti Simon, 1884 – Poland
• B. orica Ivie, 1969 – USA, Canada
• B. pallidus (Banks, 1892) – USA, Canada
• B. paracymbialis Tanasevitch, 2014 – China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)
• B. paradoxus Berland, 1929 – Samoa
• B. parvulus (Westring, 1851) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
• B. pogonias Kulczyński, 1885 – Russia (Far East), USA (Alaska)
• B. rainbowi Roewer, 1942 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
• B. reprobus (Kulczyński, 1916) – North America, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
• B. reticularis Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
• B. robustus Oi, 1960 – Korea, Japan
• B. sarasini Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia
• B. setiger F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
• B. similis Kulczyński, 1894 – Europe, Turkey
• B. tagalogensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• B. tongluensis Chen & Song, 1988 – China
• B. umiatus Ivie, 1969 – USA (Alaska)^[3]
• B. vittiger Simon, 1884 – France
• B. waneta Ivie, 1969 – USA, Canada
• B. weyeri (Emerton, 1875) – USA
• B. yodoensis Oi, 1960 – Korea, Japan
• B. yukon Ivie, 1969 – USA (Alaska)

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species
• Pimoa

External links

• Image of a female Bathyphantes alascensis from Washington

Notes and References

1. Menge. A.. 1866. Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung.. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 1–152. 1. Anton_Menge.
2. Gen. Bathyphantes Menge, 1866. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. Web site: Genus Bathyphantes. BugGuide. 2019-06-13.