Bolyphantes Explained

Bolyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species:^[2]

• Bolyphantes alticeps (Sundevall, 1833)^[3] – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Japan
• Bolyphantes bipartitus (Tanasevitch, 1989) – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
• Bolyphantes distichoides Tanasevitch, 2000 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Bolyphantes distichus (Tanasevitch, 1986) – Russia (West to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
• Bolyphantes elburzensis Tanasevitch, 2009 – Iran
• Bolyphantes kilpisjaerviensis Palmgren, 1975 – Finland
• Bolyphantes kolosvaryi (Caporiacco, 1936) – France, Switzerland, Italy, Balkans
• Bolyphantes lagodekhensis (Tanasevitch, 1990) – Georgia
• Bolyphantes lamellaris Tanasevitch, 1990 – Italy, Greece, Russia (Caucasus)
• Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall, 1833)^[4] (type) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), China
• Bolyphantes mongolicus Loksa, 1965 – Mongolia
• Bolyphantes nigropictus Simon, 1884 – Western Mediterranean
• Bolyphantes punctulatus (Holm, 1939) – Scandinavia, Russia (Urals, north-eastern Siberia to Far East)
• Bolyphantes sacer (Tanasevitch, 1986) – Kyrgyzstan
• Bolyphantes severtzovi Tanasevitch, 1989 – Central Asia
• Bolyphantes subtiliseta Tanasevitch, 2019 – France (Corsica)
• Bolyphantes supremus (Tanasevitch, 1986) – Kyrgyzstan

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, C. L.. 1837. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Carl_Ludwig_Koch.
2. Gen. Bolyphantes C. L. Koch, 1837. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. Web site: Bolyphantes alticeps (Sundevall, 1833) - Natural History Museum . www.nhm.ac.uk . 24 February 2020.
4. Web site: Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall, 1833) - Natural History Museum . www.nhm.ac.uk . 24 February 2020.