Oaphantes

Oaphantes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Oaphantes (Banks, 1904)
Type species
O. pallidulus (Banks, 1904)
Species
3, see text

Oaphantes is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1943.^[1]

Species

As of May 2021^[update] it contains three species:^[2]

• Oaphantes cryophilus Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Ubick, 2020 – Canada, USA
• Oaphantes pallidulus (Banks, 1904) – USA
• Oaphantes prometheus Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Ubick, 2020 – Canada, USA

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1943). "New genera and species of North American linyphiid spiders". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 33 (10): 1–39.
2. "Gen. Oaphantes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943". World Spider Catalog Version 22.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-05-30.