Caviphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Oi in 1960.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Caviphantes Oi, 1960[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. samensis Oi, 1960
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
editAs of May 2019[update] it contains five species:[1]
- Caviphantes dobrogicus (Dumitrescu & Miller, 1962) – Romania to Central Asia
- Caviphantes flagellatus (Zhu & Zhou, 1992) – China
- Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum Wunderlich, 1979 – Lebanon to India, Nepal, China, Russia (Kurile Is.), Japan
- Caviphantes samensis Oi, 1960 (type) – China, Japan
- Caviphantes saxetorum (Hull, 1916) – USA, Europe, Russia (Urals, South Siberia)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Caviphantes Oi, 1960". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ Wunderlich, J. (1979). "Linyphiidae aus Nepal, III. Die Gattungen Caviphantes Oi 1960 und Lessertiella Dumitrescu & Miller 1962 (Arachnida: Araneae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 60: 85.
- ^ Eskov, K. Y.; Marusik, Y. M. (1994). "New data on the taxonomy and faunistics of North Asian linyphiid spiders (Aranei Linyphiidae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 2 (4): 67.
- ^ Oi, R. (1960). "Linyphiid spiders of Japan". Journal of the Institute of Polytechnics Osaka City University. 11: 137–244.