Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2025, Survey of the Ethiopian linyphiid spider fauna. II. Subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 976, pp. 255-282 : 258

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2795
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14937598
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scientific name	Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992
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Treatment

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Type species

Canariphantes alpicola Wunderlich, 1992 View in CoL , by original designation.

Remarks

The Mediterranean genus Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 presently contains 15 species or subspecies (Word Spider Catalog 2024), being characterized by poor leg spination, a relatively short and simple lamella characteristica, a membranous terminal apophysis of unclear structure, a narrow and weak embolus with a well developed thumb, as well as by a small and compact epigyne with a reduced median part of the scape.

Distribution

Mediterranean Region: from the Azores and Canaries to Israel and Turkey ( World Spider Catalog 2024).