Improphantes
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Improphantes
| authority = Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996
| type_species = I. improbulus
| type_species_authority = (Simon, 1929)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 20, see text
}}
Improphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996.{{cite journal| last1=Saaristo| first1=M. I.| last2=Tanasevitch| first2=A. V.| year=1996| title=Redelimitation of the subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 and the genus Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 with descriptions of some new genera (Aranei, Linyphiidae)| journal=Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck| pages=163–186| volume=83| author-link=Michael_Saaristo}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains twenty species, found in Algeria, China, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, and Turkey:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Improphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-06-15| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1365| doi=10.24436/2}}
- 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
See also
References
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