Indophantes Explained

Indophantes is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 2003.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species, found in China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Pakistan:^[2]

• Indophantes agamus Tanasevitch & Saaristo, 2006 – Nepal
• Indophantes barat Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Indophantes bengalensis Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003 – India
• Indophantes digitulus (Thaler, 1987) – India, Nepal, Pakistan
• Indophantes halonatus (Li & Zhu, 1995) – China
• Indophantes kalimantanus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003 (type) – Borneo
• Indophantes kinabalu Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003 – Borneo
• Indophantes lehtineni Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003 – Borneo
• Indophantes pallidus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003 – India
• Indophantes ramosus Tanasevitch, 2006 – China
• Indophantes sumatera Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Indophantes tonglu Tanasevitch, 2011 – India

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Saaristo. M. I.. Tanasevitch. A. V.. 2003. A new micronetid spider genus from the Oriental Region (Aranei: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae). Arthropoda Selecta. 319–330. 11. Michael_Saaristo.
2. Gen. Indophantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2003. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.