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Genus: Microbathyphantes van Helsdingen, 1985 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Microbathyphantes aokii (Saito, 1982)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009551

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Described:

Distribution: Japan, China, Vietnam

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Holotype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China m of Bathyphantes dipetalus - (Chen & Yin, 2000)
Paratype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China 1f of Bathyphantes dipetalus - (Chen & Yin, 2000)
Holotype: Collection of the Arachnological Society of Japan (CASJ), Otemon Gakuin University, Osaka, Japan f - (Saito, 1982d)
Paratype: H. Saito Private Collection, Tochigi, Japan 1m 2f - (Saito, 1982d)

Taxonomic References

Bathyphantes aokii Saito, 1982d: 34, f. 3-5, 10 (Dmf) Original description

Bathyphantes dipetalus Chen & Yin, 2000: 89, f. 21-27 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058713]

Microbathyphantes aokii Tu & Li, 2006a: 104, f. 2A-G (mf, T from Bathyphantes, S of Bathyphantes dipetalus)

Microbathyphantes aokii Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 334, f. 1135-1137 (mf)

Microbathyphantes aokii Yin et al., 2012: 511, f. 239a-f (mf)

Microbathyphantes aokii Suzuki & Hisasue, 2024b: 73, f. 5E-F,6D-F (mf)

Microbathyphantes aokii Hino, Suzuki & Megumi, 2025: 112, f. 3F-H (f)

References

Chen, J. & Yin, C. M. (2000). On five species of linyphiid spiders from Hunan, China (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 9: 86-93. -- Show included taxa

Hino, Y., Suzuki, Y. & Megumi, K. (2025). A list of spiders collected from the mainland of Kagoshima, Japan. Kishidaia 126: 105-117. -- 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

Saito, H. (1982d). Soil dwelling linyphiine and erigonine spiders from Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Edaphologia 25-26: 33-39. -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y. & Hisasue, Y. (2024b). Spiders collected from Chichi-jima Island, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan between 2022 and 2024. Kishidaia 125: 61-91. -- Show included taxa

Tu, L. H. & Li, S. Q. (2006a). Three new and four newly recorded species of Linyphiinae and Micronetinae spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from northern Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54: 103-117. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press Changsha, 1590 pp. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Hino, Suzuki & Megumi, 2025
2025-01-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki & Hisasue, 2024b