Caviphantes Explained

Caviphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Oi in 1960.^[1]

Species

it contains five species:^[2]

• Caviphantes dobrogicus (Dumitrescu & Miller, 1962) – Romania to Central Asia
• Caviphantes flagellatus (Zhu & Zhou, 1992) – China
• Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum Wunderlich, 1979 – Lebanon to India, Nepal, China, Russia (Kurile Is.), Japan
• Caviphantes samensis Oi, 1960 (type) – China, Japan
• Caviphantes saxetorum (Hull, 1916) – USA, Europe, Russia (Urals, South Siberia)

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species

Notes and References

1. Oi. R.. 1960. Linyphiid spiders of Japan.. Journal of the Institute of Polytechnics Osaka City University. 137–244. 11.
2. Gen. Caviphantes Oi, 1960. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.