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Genus: Arcuphantes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Arcuphantes elephantis Ono & Saito, 2001

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037552

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

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Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan f (5107) - (Ono & Saito, 2001)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 1m (5108) - (Ono & Saito, 2001)

Taxonomic References

Arcuphantes elephantis Ono & Saito, 2001: 192, f. 87-91 (Dmf) Original description

Arcuphantes elephantis Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 312, f. 763-765 (mf)

Arcuphantes elephantis Suzuki et al., 2025: 57, f. 12D-F (f)

Arcuphantes elephantis Suzuki, 2025b: 235, f. 3E, 4B, E (mf)

References

Ono, H. & Saito, H. (2001). New species of the family Linyphiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 27: 159-203. -- Show included taxa

Ono, H., Matsuda, M. & Saito, H. (2009). Linyphiidae, Pimoidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 253-344. -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y., Hino, Y., Hirotsu, K., Tsuji, Y. & Bando, H. (2025). Checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, based on literature and newly collected specimens. Bulletin of the Tokushima Prefecture Museum 35: 1-84. -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y. (2025b). Remarkable new species of Arcuphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae) from northeastern Shikoku, Japan, with observations on mating behavior and preliminary molecular analysis. Species Diversity 30(2): 225-240. doi: 10.12782/specdiv.30.225 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-10-31	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki, 2025b
2025-07-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki et al., 2025