Mughiphantes

Mughiphantes sp., copyright Biodiversity Institute of Ontario.

Belongs within: Linyphiidae.

Mughiphantes is a genus of small spiders in the Lepthyphantes complex.

Characters (from Tanasevitch & Saaristo 2006): Proscapus disc-like or pear-shaped, more or less thickened; scape more or less rigid, moving only at its base and only very slightly, middle part extremely short or absent.

<==Mughiphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1999 TS06
    |--M. alticola (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes alticola] TS06
    |--M. anachoretus (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes anachoretus] TS06
    |--M. ancoriformis (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes ancoriformis] TS06
    |--M. bicornis Tanasevitch & Saaristo 2006 TS06
    |--M. cuspidatus Tanasevitch & Saaristo 2006 TS06
    |--M. falxus Tanasevitch & Saaristo 2006 TS06
    |--M. faustus (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes faustus] TS06
    |--M. inermus Tanasevitch & Saaristo 2006 TS06
    |--M. longiproper Tanasevitch & Saaristo 2006 TS06
    |--M. numilionis (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes numilionis] TS06
    |--M. occultus (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes occultus] TS06
    |--M. restrictus Tanasevitch & Saaristo 2006 TS06
    |--M. rotundatus (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes rotundatus] TS06
    |--M. setifer (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes setifer] TS06
    |--M. setosus Tanasevitch & Saaristo 2006 TS06
    |--M. sherpa (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes sherpa] TS06
    `--M. yeti (Tanasevitch 1987) [=Lepthyphantes yeti] TS06

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[TS06] Tanasevitch, A. V., & M. I. Saaristo. 2006. Reassessment of the Nepalese species of the genus Lepthyphantes Menge s. l. with descriptions of new Micronetinae genera and species (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Micronetinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 86 (1): 11–38.