Canariphantes Explained

Canariphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992.^[1] It might be a junior synonym of Lepthyphantes.^[2]

Species

it contains thirteen species and one subspecies:^[3]

• Canariphantes acoreensis (Wunderlich, 1992) – Azores
• Canariphantes alpicola Wunderlich, 1992 (type) – Canary Is.
• Canariphantes atlassahariensis (Bosmans, 1991) – Algeria
• Canariphantes barrientosi Bosmans, 2019 – Spain (Balearic Is.)
• Canariphantes epigynatus Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel
• Canariphantes junipericola Crespo & Bosmans, 2014 – Azores
• Canariphantes naili (Bosmans & Bouragba, 1992) – Algeria
• Canariphantes nanus (Kulczyński, 1898) – Central to eastern Europe, Israel
• Canariphantes palmaensis Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.
• Canariphantes relictus Crespo & Bosmans, 2014 – Azores
• Canariphantes ritae (Bosmans, 1985) – Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
• Canariphantes tenerrimus (Simon, 1929) – Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Algeria, Morocco
• Canariphantes zonatus (Simon, 1884) – Portugal, France, Sardinia, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
  • Canariphantes z. lucifugus (Simon, 1929) – France

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species

Notes and References

1. Wunderlich. J.. 1992. Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution.. Beiträge zur Araneologie. 1–619. 1.
2. Wunderlich. J.. 1995. Zu Ökologie, Biogeographie, Evolution und Taxonomie einiger Spinnen der Makaronesischen Inseln (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4. 1994. 423.
3. Gen. Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.