Ipa (spider) explained

Ipa is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 2007.^[1]

Species

it contains four species, found in the Czech Republic, France, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine:^[2]

• Ipa keyserlingi (Ausserer, 1867) (type) – Europe, Caucasus
• Ipa pepticus (Tanasevitch, 1988) – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia
• Ipa spasskyi (Tanasevitch, 1986) – Turkey, Ukraine, Russia (Europe, West Siberia), Kazakhstan
• Ipa terrenus (L. Koch, 1879) – France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Saaristo. M. I.. 2007. A new subfamily of linyphiid spiders based on a new genus created for the keyserlingi-group of the genus Lepthyphantes (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 33–42. 16. Michael_Saaristo.
2. Gen. Ipa Saaristo, 2007. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.