Microbathyphantes

Microbathyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by P. J. van Helsdingen in 1985.^[3]

Microbathyphantes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Microbathyphantes van Helsdingen, 1985[1]
Type species
M. palmarius (Marples, 1955)
Species
5, see text
Synonyms[1]
Priscipalpus Millidge, 1991[2]

Species

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

• Microbathyphantes aokii (Saito, 1982) – China, Vietnam, Japan
• Microbathyphantes celebes Tanasevitch, 2012 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Microbathyphantes palmarius (Marples, 1955) (type) – Sri Lanka, India, Seychelles, Myanmar, Thailand, Polynesia
• Microbathyphantes spedani (Locket, 1968) – Cameroon, Nigeria, Angola
• Microbathyphantes tateyamaensis (Oi, 1960) – Japan

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)