Incestophantes Explained

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

Species

it contains twenty-three species, found in Canada, China, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United States:^[2]

• Incestophantes altaicus Tanasevitch, 2000 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Incestophantes amotus (Tanasevitch, 1990) – Russia (Caucasus to Central Asia), Georgia, Kazakhstan
• Incestophantes ancus Tanasevitch, 1996 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Incestophantes annulatus (Kulczyński, 1882) – Central and Eastern Europe
• Incestophantes bonus Tanasevitch, 1996 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Incestophantes brevilamellus Tanasevitch, 2013 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Incestophantes camtchadalicus (Tanasevitch, 1988) – Russia (Kamchatka)
• Incestophantes crucifer (Menge, 1866) – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
• Incestophantes cymbialis (Tanasevitch, 1988) – Russia (Far East, East Siberia)
• Incestophantes duplicatus (Emerton, 1913) – USA, Canada
• Incestophantes frigidus (Simon, 1884) – Europe (Alps)
• Incestophantes incestoides (Tanasevitch & Eskov, 1987) – Russia (Urals to Far East/East Siberia)
• Incestophantes incestus (L. Koch, 1879) (type) – Russia (Urals to Central/South Siberia), Mongolia
• Incestophantes khakassicus Tanasevitch, 1996 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Incestophantes kochiellus (Strand, 1900) – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia (Europe to East Siberia/Far East), China
• Incestophantes kotulai (Kulczyński, 1905) – Europe (Alps)
• Incestophantes lamprus (Chamberlin, 1920) – USA, Canada
• Incestophantes laricetorum (Tanasevitch & Eskov, 1987) – Russia (Europe to East Siberia/Far East)
• Incestophantes logunovi Tanasevitch, 1996 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Incestophantes mercedes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) – USA
• Incestophantes shetekaurii Otto & Tanasevitch, 2015 – Georgia
• Incestophantes tuvensis Tanasevitch, 1996 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Incestophantes washingtoni (Zorsch, 1937) – USA, Canada

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

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. Gen. Incestophantes Tanasevitch, 1992. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.