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

Afrophantes biseriatus (Simon & Fage, 1922)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011109

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Described:

Distribution: Kenya

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Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m 1f - (Bosmans, 1978)
Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f of Lepthyphantes salti - (Bosmans, 1978)

Taxonomic References

Lepthyphantes biseriatus Simon & Fage, 1922: 547, f. 9.5-7, 10.1 (Dmf) Original description

Lepthyphantes salti Denis, 1950c: 498, f. 4-5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056273]

Lepthyphantes biseriatus Bosmans, 1978: 265, f. 37-48, 74 (mf, S of Lepthyphantes salti)

Lepthyphantes biseriatus Millidge, 1984b: 248, f. 99 (f)

Afrophantes biseriatus Tanasevitch, 2025d: 363, f. 2A, E (mf, 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

Denis, J. (1950c). Spiders from East and Central African mountains collected by Dr. G. Salt. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 120(3): 497-502, pl. 1. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1950.tb00659.x -- Show included taxa

Millidge, A. F. (1984b). The taxonomy of the Linyphiidae, based chiefly on the epigynal and tracheal characters (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 6(6): 229-267. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. & Fage, L. (1922). Biospeologica XLIV. Araneae des grottes de l'Afrique orientale. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 60: 523-555. -- 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

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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