Himalaphantes Explained

Himalaphantes is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 1992.^[1]

Species

it contains fourteen species, found in China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Russia:^[2]

• Himalaphantes aduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Himalaphantes arcuatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 – China
• Himalaphantes auriculus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Himalaphantes azumiensis (Oi, 1979) – Russia (Far East), China, Japan
• Himalaphantes fugongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Himalaphantes grandiculus (Tanasevitch, 1987) (type) – Nepal
• Himalaphantes gyratus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Himalaphantes lingulatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 – China
• Himalaphantes magnus (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Nepal
• Himalaphantes martensi (Thaler, 1987) – India (Kashmir), Nepal
• Himalaphantes pseudoaduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Himalaphantes pulae Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Himalaphantes uncatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 – China
• Himalaphantes zhangmuensis (Hu, 2001) – China

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (A–H)

Notes and References

1. Tanasevitch. A. V.. 1992. New genera and species of the tribe Lepthyphantini (Aranei Linyphiidae Micronetinae) from Asia (with some nomenclatorial notes on linyphiids). Arthropoda Selecta. 39–50. 1. 1.
2. 2023 . Gen. Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . 15 January 2023 . World Spider Catalog Version 23.5.