Improphantes Explained

Improphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996.^[1]

Species

it contains twenty species, found in Algeria, China, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, and Turkey:^[2]

Improphantes biconicus (Tanasevitch, 1992) – Russia (Far East), Japan
Improphantes breviscapus Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel
Improphantes complicatus (Emerton, 1882) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
Improphantes contus Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007 – Kazakhstan
Improphantes cypriot Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus
Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861) – Europe, North Africa
Improphantes djazairi (Bosmans, 1985) – Algeria
Improphantes falcatus (Bosmans, 1979) – Kenya
Improphantes flexilis (Tanasevitch, 1986) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
Improphantes furcabilis (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is.
Improphantes geniculatus (Kulczyński, 1898) – Germany to Russia (West Siberia)
Improphantes holmi (Kronestedt, 1975) – Sweden, Finland, Russia (Urals)
Improphantes huberti (Wunderlich, 1980) – France (Corsica)
Improphantes improbulus (Simon, 1929) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia (Russia, Kazakhstan), China
Improphantes mauensis (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
Improphantes multidentatus (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is.
Improphantes nitidus (Thorell, 1875) – Europe
Improphantes pamiricus (Tanasevitch, 1989) – Tajikistan
Improphantes potanini (Tanasevitch, 1989) – Kyrgyzstan
Improphantes turok Tanasevitch, 2011 – Turkey

Saaristo. M. I.. Tanasevitch. A. V.. 1996. Redelimitation of the subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 and the genus Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 with descriptions of some new genera (Aranei, Linyphiidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck. 163–186. 83. Michael_Saaristo.
Gen. Improphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.