Tanasevitch A.V. 2025. A new genus for the tropicalis species-group of Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 sensu lato (Linyphiidae: Micronetinae) // Invert. Zool. Vol.22. No.2: 360–366 [in English].
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.
Andrei Tanasevitch: tanasevitch@gmail.com or and-tan@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9116-606X
doi: 10.15298/invertzool.22.2.10
ABSTRACT: A new genus, Afrophantes gen.n., is established for the tropicalis species-group of Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 sensu lato. The new genus comprises at least 14 Afrotropical species, being characterised by certain structural details of the genitalia of both sexes. The taxonomic history of the genus Lepthyphantes is briefly reiterated, the composition of Lepthyphantes sensu stricto is defined as presently comprising seven species. The number of species still cited in Lepthyphantes sensu lato is at least 150.
KEY WORDS: taxonomy, Arachnida, Afrotropics, mountain fauna.