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Genus: Afrophantes Tanasevitch, 2025 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Afrophantes acuminifrons (Bosmans, 1978)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011067

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Described:

Distribution: Ethiopia

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Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1m 2f 2jf - (Bosmans, 1978)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (150309) - (Bosmans, 1978)

Taxonomic References

Lepthyphantes acuminifrons Bosmans, 1978: 261, f. 14-29, 73 (Dmf) Original description

Afrophantes acuminifrons Tanasevitch, 2025d: 364 (T from Lepthyphantes)

References

Bosmans, R. (1978). Description of four new Lepthyphantes species from Africa, with a redescription of L. biseriatus Simon & Fage and L. tropicalis Tullgren. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4(4): 258-274. -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2025d). A new genus for the tropicalis species-group of Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 sensu lato (Linyphiidae: Micronetinae). Invertebrate Zoology 22(2): 360-366. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.22.2.10 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-06-25	New taxonomic reference entry	Tanasevitch, 2025d
2025-06-25	Species transferred to new genus	Tanasevitch, 2025d		Species transferred from Lepthyphantes to Afrophantes