Lepthyphantes

Lepthyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.

Its species are found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

Species

, this genus includes 144 species and one subspecies.

• Lepthyphantes abditus <small>Tanasevitch, 1986</small> – Russia (Caucasus)
• Lepthyphantes aberdarensis <small> & , 1986</small> – Kenya
• Lepthyphantes aegeus <small>Caporiacco, 1948</small> – Greece
• Lepthyphantes aelleni <small>, 1957</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes afer <small>(Simon, 1913)</small> – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes ajoti <small>Bosmans, 1991</small> – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes albuloides <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> – Cyprus, Israel
• Lepthyphantes aldersoni <small>H. W. Levi & L. R. Levi, 1955</small> – Canada
• Lepthyphantes almoravidus <small>Barrientos, 2020</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes alpinus <small>(Emerton, 1882)</small> – Russia (Far East), North America
• Lepthyphantes altissimus <small>Hu, 2001</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes badhkyzensis <small>Tanasevitch, 1986</small> – Turkmenistan
• Lepthyphantes bakeri <small>Scharff, 1990</small> – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes balearicus <small>Denis, 1961</small> – Spain (Balearic Is.)
• Lepthyphantes bamboutensis <small>Bosmans, 1986</small> – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes bamilekei <small>Bosmans, 1986</small> – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes baoshanensis <small>Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2023</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes beroni <small>Deltshev, 1979</small> – Greece
• Lepthyphantes beshkovi <small>Deltshev, 1979</small> – Greece (Crete)
• Lepthyphantes bhudbari <small>Tikader, 1970</small> – India
• Lepthyphantes bidentatus <small> & Ribera, 1990</small> – Spain
• Lepthyphantes biospeleologorum <small>Barrientos, 2020</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes brahimi <small>Lecigne & Moutaouakil, 2025</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes brevihamatus <small>Bosmans, 1985</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes brignolianus <small>Deltshev, 1979</small> – Greece (Crete)
• Lepthyphantes buensis <small>Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983</small> – Cameroon, Kenya
• Lepthyphantes carlittensis <small>Denis, 1952</small> – France
• Lepthyphantes cavernicola <small>Paik & Yaginuma, 1969</small> – Korea
• Lepthyphantes centromeroides <small>Kulczyński, 1914</small> – Balkans, Romania, Ukraine
• L. c. carpaticus <small>Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1970</small> – Romania
• Lepthyphantes chamberlini <small>Schenkel, 1950</small> – Canada, United States
• Lepthyphantes chita <small>Scharff, 1990</small> – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes christodeltshev <small>van Helsdingen, 2009</small> – Greece
• Lepthyphantes concavus <small>(Oi, 1960)</small> – Japan
• Lepthyphantes cordis <small>Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes cruciformis <small>Tanasevitch, 1989</small> – Kyrgyzstan
• Lepthyphantes cruentatus <small>Tanasevitch, 1987</small> – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
• Lepthyphantes dilutus <small>(Thorell, 1875)</small> – Sweden
• Lepthyphantes dolichoskeles <small>Scharff, 1990</small> – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes ellipticus <small>Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes emarginatus <small>Fage, 1931</small> – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes encaustus <small>(Becker, 1879)</small> – Romania
• Lepthyphantes ensifer <small>Barrientos, 2020</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes erigonoides <small>Schenkel, 1936</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes escapus <small>Tanasevitch, 1989</small> – Turkmenistan
• Lepthyphantes exvaginatus <small>Deeleman-Reinhold, 1984</small> – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes fadriquei <small>Barrientos, 2020</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes fernandezi <small>Berland, 1924</small> – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
• Lepthyphantes frondeus <small>Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes furcillifer <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933</small> – Canada, United States
• Lepthyphantes gadesi <small>Fage, 1931</small> – Spain
• Lepthyphantes hirsutus <small>Tanasevitch, 1988</small> – Russia (Far East)
• Lepthyphantes hissaricus <small>Tanasevitch, 1989</small> – Tajikistan
• Lepthyphantes howelli <small>Jocqué & Scharff, 1986</small> – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes hublei <small>Bosmans, 1986</small> – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes hummeli <small>Schenkel, 1936</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes hunanensis <small>Yin, 2012</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes ibericus <small>Ribera, 1981</small> – Spain
• Lepthyphantes imazigheni <small>Barrientos, 2020</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes impudicus <small>Kulczyński, 1909</small> – Madeira
• Lepthyphantes inopinatus <small>Locket, 1968</small> – DR Congo
• Lepthyphantes intricatus <small>(Emerton, 1911)</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States
• Lepthyphantes iranicus <small>Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996</small> – Iran
• Lepthyphantes japonicus <small>Oi, 1960</small> – Japan
• Lepthyphantes kansuensis <small>Schenkel, 1936</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes kilimandjaricus <small>Tullgren, 1910</small> – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes kolymensis <small>Tanasevitch & Eskov, 1987</small> – Russia (north-eastern Siberia, Far East)
• Lepthyphantes kratochvili <small>Fage, 1945</small> – Greece (Crete)
• Lepthyphantes lamellatus <small>Barrientos, 2020</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes latrobei <small>Millidge, 1995</small> – Indonesia (Krakatau)
• Lepthyphantes latus <small>Paik, 1965</small> – Korea
• Lepthyphantes lebronneci <small>Berland, 1935</small> – Marquesas Islands
• Lepthyphantes leknizii <small>Barrientos, 2020</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes leprosus <small>(Ohlert, 1865)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan. Introduced to North America, Chile, Falkland Is. St. Helena
• Lepthyphantes leucocerus <small>Locket, 1968</small> – Angola
• Lepthyphantes leucopygius <small>Denis, 1939</small> – France
• Lepthyphantes lingsoka <small>Tikader, 1970</small> – India
• Lepthyphantes linzhiensis <small>Hu, 2001</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes locketi <small>van Helsdingen, 1977</small> – Angola, Kenya
• Lepthyphantes longihamatus <small>Bosmans, 1985</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes longipedis <small>Tanasevitch, 2014</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes louettei <small>Jocqué, 1985</small> – Comoros
• Lepthyphantes lundbladi <small>Schenkel, 1938</small> – Madeira
• Lepthyphantes luteipes <small>(L. Koch, 1879)</small> – Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Japan
• Lepthyphantes maculatus <small>(Banks, 1900)</small> – United States
• Lepthyphantes magnesiae <small>Brignoli, 1979</small> – Albania, Greece, Turkey
• Lepthyphantes manengoubensis <small>Bosmans, 1986</small> – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes mauli <small>Wunderlich, 1992</small> – Madeira
• Lepthyphantes maurusius <small>Brignoli, 1978</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes mbaboensis <small>Bosmans, 1986</small> – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes meillonae <small>Denis, 1953</small> – France
• Lepthyphantes messapicus <small>Caporiacco, 1939</small> – Italy
• Lepthyphantes micromegethes <small>Locket, 1968</small> – Angola
• Lepthyphantes microserratus <small>Petrunkevitch, 1930</small> – Puerto Rico
• Lepthyphantes minusculus <small>Locket, 1968</small> – DR Congo
• Lepthyphantes minutus <small>(Blackwall, 1833)</small> – Europe, Morocco, Algeria (type species)
• Lepthyphantes msuyai <small>Scharff, 1990</small> – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes natalis <small>Bosmans, 1986</small> – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes nenilini <small>Tanasevitch, 1988</small> – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
• Lepthyphantes neocaledonicus <small>Berland, 1924</small> – New Caledonia
• Lepthyphantes nigropictus <small>Bosmans, 1979</small> – Kenya
• Lepthyphantes nitidior <small>Simon, 1929</small> – France
• Lepthyphantes nodifer <small>Simon, 1884</small> – France, Italy, Central Europe, Albania, Romania, Ukraine
• Lepthyphantes noeli <small>Barrientos & Brañas, 2024</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes noronhensis <small>Rodrigues, Brescovit & Freitas, 2008</small> – Brazil
• Lepthyphantes notabilis <small>Kulczyński, 1887</small> – Europe
• Lepthyphantes okuensis <small>Bosmans, 1986</small> – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes opilio <small>Simon, 1929</small> – France
• Lepthyphantes palmeroensis <small>Wunderlich, 1992</small> – Canary Islands
• Lepthyphantes patulus <small>Locket, 1968</small> – Angola
• Lepthyphantes pennatus <small>Scharff, 1990</small> – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes peramplus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)</small> – India
• Lepthyphantes perfidus <small>Tanasevitch, 1985</small> – Central Asia
• Lepthyphantes phallifer <small>Fage, 1931</small> – Spain
• Lepthyphantes phialoides <small>Scharff, 1990</small> – Tanzania
• Lepthyphantes pieltaini <small>Machado, 1940</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes rainieri <small>Emerton, 1926</small> – Canada
• Lepthyphantes rimicola <small>Lawrence, 1964</small> – South Africa
• Lepthyphantes rossitsae <small>Dimitrov, 2018</small> – Turkey
• Lepthyphantes rudrai <small>Tikader, 1970</small> – India
• Lepthyphantes ruwenzori <small>Jocqué, 1985</small> – DR Congo, Uganda
• Lepthyphantes sasi <small>Barrientos, 2020</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes saurensis <small>Eskov, 1995</small> – Kazakhstan
• Lepthyphantes serratus <small>Oi, 1960</small> – Japan
• Lepthyphantes silvamontanus <small>Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983</small> – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes simiensis <small>Bosmans, 1978</small> – Ethiopia
• Lepthyphantes soumiae <small>Barrientos, 2021</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes speculae <small>Denis, 1959</small> – Lebanon
• Lepthyphantes stramineus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)</small> – Pakistan
• Lepthyphantes strinatii <small>Hubert, 1970</small> – Tunisia
• Lepthyphantes styx <small>Wunderlich, 2011</small> – Canary Islands
• Lepthyphantes subtilis <small>Tanasevitch, 1989</small> – Kyrgyzstan
• Lepthyphantes tamara <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943</small> – United States
• Lepthyphantes taza <small>Tanasevitch, 2014</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes todillus <small>Simon, 1929</small> – France
• Lepthyphantes turanicus <small>Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986</small> – Turkmenistan
• Lepthyphantes turbatrix <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877)</small> – North America, Greenland
• Lepthyphantes ultimus <small>Tanasevitch, 1989</small> – Tajikistan
• Lepthyphantes umbratilis <small>(Keyserling, 1886)</small> – United States
• Lepthyphantes vanstallei <small>Bosmans, 1986</small> – Cameroon
• Lepthyphantes venereus <small>Simon, 1913</small> – Algeria
• Lepthyphantes vividus <small>Denis, 1955</small> – Lebanon
• Lepthyphantes younnesi <small>Barrientos & Gerace, 2024</small> – Morocco
• Lepthyphantes yueluensis <small>Yin, 2012</small> – China
• Lepthyphantes yushuensis <small>Hu, 2001</small> – China

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