Lepthyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.
Its species are found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Species , this genus includes 144 species and one subspecies.
Lepthyphantes abditus Tanasevitch, 1986 – Russia (Caucasus) Lepthyphantes aberdarensis Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya Lepthyphantes aegeus Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece Lepthyphantes aelleni Denis, 1957 – Morocco Lepthyphantes afer (Simon, 1913) – Algeria Lepthyphantes ajoti Bosmans, 1991 – Algeria Lepthyphantes albuloides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Cyprus, Israel Lepthyphantes aldersoni H. W. Levi & L. R. Levi, 1955 – Canada Lepthyphantes almoravidus Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco Lepthyphantes alpinus (Emerton, 1882) – Russia (Far East), North America Lepthyphantes altissimus Hu, 2001 – China Lepthyphantes badhkyzensis Tanasevitch, 1986 – Turkmenistan Lepthyphantes bakeri Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Lepthyphantes balearicus Denis, 1961 – Spain (Balearic Is.) Lepthyphantes bamboutensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Lepthyphantes bamilekei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Lepthyphantes baoshanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2023 – China Lepthyphantes beroni Deltshev, 1979 – Greece Lepthyphantes beshkovi Deltshev, 1979 – Greece (Crete) Lepthyphantes bhudbari Tikader, 1970 – India Lepthyphantes bidentatus Hormiga & Ribera, 1990 – Spain Lepthyphantes biospeleologorum Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco Lepthyphantes brahimi Lecigne & Moutaouakil, 2025 – Morocco Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans, 1985 – Morocco Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979 – Greece (Crete) Lepthyphantes buensis Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon, Kenya Lepthyphantes carlittensis Denis, 1952 – France Lepthyphantes cavernicola Paik & Yaginuma, 1969 – Korea Lepthyphantes centromeroides Kulczyński, 1914 – Balkans, Romania, Ukraine L. c. carpaticus Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1970 – Romania Lepthyphantes chamberlini Schenkel, 1950 – Canada, United States Lepthyphantes chita Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Lepthyphantes christodeltshev van Helsdingen, 2009 – Greece Lepthyphantes concavus (Oi, 1960) – Japan Lepthyphantes cordis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China Lepthyphantes cruciformis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan Lepthyphantes cruentatus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia) Lepthyphantes dilutus (Thorell, 1875) – Sweden Lepthyphantes dolichoskeles Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Lepthyphantes ellipticus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China Lepthyphantes emarginatus Fage, 1931 – Algeria Lepthyphantes encaustus (Becker, 1879) – Romania Lepthyphantes ensifer Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco Lepthyphantes erigonoides Schenkel, 1936 – China Lepthyphantes escapus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Turkmenistan Lepthyphantes exvaginatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 1984 – Algeria Lepthyphantes fadriquei Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco Lepthyphantes fernandezi Berland, 1924 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) Lepthyphantes frondeus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China Lepthyphantes furcillifer Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 – Canada, United States Lepthyphantes gadesi Fage, 1931 – Spain Lepthyphantes hirsutus Tanasevitch, 1988 – Russia (Far East) Lepthyphantes hissaricus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Tajikistan Lepthyphantes howelli Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania Lepthyphantes hublei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Lepthyphantes hummeli Schenkel, 1936 – China Lepthyphantes hunanensis Yin, 2012 – China Lepthyphantes ibericus Ribera, 1981 – Spain Lepthyphantes imazigheni Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco Lepthyphantes impudicus Kulczyński, 1909 – Madeira Lepthyphantes inopinatus Locket, 1968 – DR Congo Lepthyphantes intricatus (Emerton, 1911) – Alaska, Canada, United States Lepthyphantes iranicus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 – Iran Lepthyphantes japonicus Oi, 1960 – Japan Lepthyphantes kansuensis Schenkel, 1936 – China Lepthyphantes kilimandjaricus Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania Lepthyphantes kolymensis Tanasevitch & Eskov, 1987 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia, Far East) Lepthyphantes kratochvili Fage, 1945 – Greece (Crete) Lepthyphantes lamellatus Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco Lepthyphantes latrobei Millidge, 1995 – Indonesia (Krakatau) Lepthyphantes latus Paik, 1965 – Korea Lepthyphantes lebronneci Berland, 1935 – Marquesas Islands Lepthyphantes leknizii Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert, 1865) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan. Introduced to North America, Chile, Falkland Is. St. Helena Lepthyphantes leucocerus Locket, 1968 – Angola Lepthyphantes leucopygius Denis, 1939 – France Lepthyphantes lingsoka Tikader, 1970 – India Lepthyphantes linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – China Lepthyphantes locketi van Helsdingen, 1977 – Angola, Kenya Lepthyphantes longihamatus Bosmans, 1985 – Morocco Lepthyphantes longipedis Tanasevitch, 2014 – Morocco Lepthyphantes louettei Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros Lepthyphantes lundbladi Schenkel, 1938 – Madeira Lepthyphantes luteipes (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Japan Lepthyphantes maculatus (Banks, 1900) – United States Lepthyphantes magnesiae Brignoli, 1979 – Albania, Greece, Turkey Lepthyphantes manengoubensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Lepthyphantes mauli Wunderlich, 1992 – Madeira Lepthyphantes maurusius Brignoli, 1978 – Morocco Lepthyphantes mbaboensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Lepthyphantes meillonae Denis, 1953 – France Lepthyphantes messapicus Caporiacco, 1939 – Italy Lepthyphantes micromegethes Locket, 1968 – Angola Lepthyphantes microserratus Petrunkevitch, 1930 – Puerto Rico Lepthyphantes minusculus Locket, 1968 – DR Congo Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall, 1833) – Europe, Morocco, Algeria (type species) Lepthyphantes msuyai Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Lepthyphantes natalis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Lepthyphantes nenilini Tanasevitch, 1988 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East) Lepthyphantes neocaledonicus Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia Lepthyphantes nigropictus Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya Lepthyphantes nitidior Simon, 1929 – France Lepthyphantes nodifer Simon, 1884 – France, Italy, Central Europe, Albania, Romania, Ukraine Lepthyphantes noeli Barrientos & Brañas, 2024 – Morocco Lepthyphantes noronhensis Rodrigues, Brescovit & Freitas, 2008 – Brazil Lepthyphantes notabilis Kulczyński, 1887 – Europe Lepthyphantes okuensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Lepthyphantes opilio Simon, 1929 – France Lepthyphantes palmeroensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Lepthyphantes patulus Locket, 1968 – Angola Lepthyphantes pennatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Lepthyphantes peramplus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – India Lepthyphantes perfidus Tanasevitch, 1985 – Central Asia Lepthyphantes phallifer Fage, 1931 – Spain Lepthyphantes phialoides Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Lepthyphantes pieltaini Machado, 1940 – Morocco Lepthyphantes rainieri Emerton, 1926 – Canada Lepthyphantes rimicola Lawrence, 1964 – South Africa Lepthyphantes rossitsae Dimitrov, 2018 – Turkey Lepthyphantes rudrai Tikader, 1970 – India Lepthyphantes ruwenzori Jocqué, 1985 – DR Congo, Uganda Lepthyphantes sasi Barrientos, 2020 – Morocco Lepthyphantes saurensis Eskov, 1995 – Kazakhstan Lepthyphantes serratus Oi, 1960 – Japan Lepthyphantes silvamontanus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon Lepthyphantes simiensis Bosmans, 1978 – Ethiopia Lepthyphantes soumiae Barrientos, 2021 – Morocco Lepthyphantes speculae Denis, 1959 – Lebanon Lepthyphantes stramineus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – Pakistan Lepthyphantes strinatii Hubert, 1970 – Tunisia Lepthyphantes styx Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Islands Lepthyphantes subtilis Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan Lepthyphantes tamara Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – United States Lepthyphantes taza Tanasevitch, 2014 – Morocco Lepthyphantes todillus Simon, 1929 – France Lepthyphantes turanicus Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986 – Turkmenistan Lepthyphantes turbatrix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) – North America, Greenland Lepthyphantes ultimus Tanasevitch, 1989 – Tajikistan Lepthyphantes umbratilis (Keyserling, 1886) – United States Lepthyphantes vanstallei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Lepthyphantes venereus Simon, 1913 – Algeria Lepthyphantes vividus Denis, 1955 – Lebanon Lepthyphantes younnesi Barrientos & Gerace, 2024 – Morocco Lepthyphantes yueluensis Yin, 2012 – China Lepthyphantes yushuensis Hu, 2001 – China
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