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| Metaleptyphantes | |
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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 | |
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18, see text | |
Metaleptyphantes is an African genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1968.[2][1]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes eighteen species:[1]
- Metaleptyphantes bifoliatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
- Metaleptyphantes cameroonensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
- Metaleptyphantes carinatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
- Metaleptyphantes clavator Locket, 1968 – DR 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 – Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania (type species)
- Metaleptyphantes ovatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Metaleptyphantes perexiguus (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Africa, Comoros
- Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968 – Angola, Seychelles
- Metaleptyphantes subclavator Tanasevitch, 2025 – Ethiopia
- Metaleptyphantes triangulatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
- Metaleptyphantes uncinatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
- Metaleptyphantes vates Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
- Metaleptyphantes vicinus Locket, 1968 – Kenya, Angola
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gen. Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ↑ Locket, G. H. (1968). "Spiders of the family Linyphiidae from Angola". Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 71: 61–144.