Improphantes

Improphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996.

Species

it contains twenty species, found in Algeria, China, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, and Turkey:

• Improphantes biconicus <small>(Tanasevitch, 1992)</small> – Russia (Far East), Japan
• Improphantes breviscapus <small>Tanasevitch, 2013</small> – Israel
• Improphantes complicatus <small>(Emerton, 1882)</small> – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
• Improphantes contus <small>Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007</small> – Kazakhstan
• Improphantes cypriot <small>Tanasevitch, 2011</small> – Cyprus
• Improphantes decolor <small>(Westring, 1861)</small> – Europe, North Africa
• Improphantes djazairi <small>(Bosmans, 1985)</small> – Algeria
• Improphantes falcatus <small>(Bosmans, 1979)</small> – Kenya
• Improphantes flexilis <small>(Tanasevitch, 1986)</small> – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
• Improphantes furcabilis <small>(Wunderlich, 1987)</small> – Canary Is.
• Improphantes geniculatus <small>(Kulczyński, 1898)</small> – Germany to Russia (West Siberia)
• Improphantes holmi <small>(Kronestedt, 1975)</small> – Sweden, Finland, Russia (Urals)
• Improphantes huberti <small>(Wunderlich, 1980)</small> – France (Corsica)
• Improphantes improbulus <small>(Simon, 1929)</small> (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia (Russia, Kazakhstan), China
• Improphantes mauensis <small>(Caporiacco, 1949)</small> – Kenya
• Improphantes multidentatus <small>(Wunderlich, 1987)</small> – Canary Is.
• Improphantes nitidus <small>(Thorell, 1875)</small> – Europe
• Improphantes pamiricus <small>(Tanasevitch, 1989)</small> – Tajikistan
• Improphantes potanini <small>(Tanasevitch, 1989)</small> – Kyrgyzstan
• Improphantes turok <small>Tanasevitch, 2011</small> – Turkey

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