Metaleptyphantes

Metaleptyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1968.^[2]

Metaleptyphantes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968[1]
Type species
M. machadoi Locket, 1968
Species
17, see text

They belong to the Linyphiidae family of spiders.^[1]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains seventeen species:^[1]

• Metaleptyphantes bifoliatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
• Metaleptyphantes cameroonensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Metaleptyphantes carinatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
• Metaleptyphantes clavator Locket, 1968 – Congo, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania
• Metaleptyphantes dentiferens Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
• Metaleptyphantes dubius Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 – Nigeria
• Metaleptyphantes familiaris Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
• Metaleptyphantes foulfouldei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
• Metaleptyphantes kraepelini (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java)
• Metaleptyphantes machadoi Locket, 1968 (type) – Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania
• Metaleptyphantes ovatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
• Metaleptyphantes perexiguus (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Africa, Comoros
• Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968 – Angola, Seychelles
• Metaleptyphantes triangulatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
• Metaleptyphantes uncinatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
• Metaleptyphantes vates Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
• Metaleptyphantes vicinus Locket, 1968 – Angola

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)