Palaeohyphantes

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Palaeohyphantes simplicipalpis

| authority = (Wunderlich, 1976)

| parent_authority = Millidge, 1984

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Palaeohyphantes is a monotypic genus of Australian dwarf spiders containing the single species, Palaeohyphantes simplicipalpis. It was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1984,{{cite journal| last=Millidge| first=A. F.| year=1984| title=The taxonomy of the Linyphiidae, based chiefly on the epigynal and tracheal characters (Araneae: Linyphiidae)| journal=Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society| pages=229–267| volume=6| author-link=A. F. Millidge}} and has only been found in Australia.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Palaeohyphantes Millidge, 1984| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-06-17| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1520| doi=10.24436/2}}