Improphantes

Improphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996.

==Species== it contains twenty species, found in Algeria, China, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, and Turkey: Improphantes biconicus (Tanasevitch, 1992) – Russia (Far East), Japan Improphantes breviscapus Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel Improphantes complicatus (Emerton, 1882) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East) Improphantes contus Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007 – Kazakhstan Improphantes cypriot Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861) – Europe, North Africa Improphantes djazairi (Bosmans, 1985) – Algeria Improphantes falcatus (Bosmans, 1979) – Kenya Improphantes flexilis (Tanasevitch, 1986) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East) Improphantes furcabilis (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is. Improphantes geniculatus (Kulczyński, 1898) – Germany to Russia (West Siberia) Improphantes holmi (Kronestedt, 1975) – Sweden, Finland, Russia (Urals) Improphantes huberti (Wunderlich, 1980) – France (Corsica) Improphantes improbulus (Simon, 1929) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia (Russia, Kazakhstan), China Improphantes mauensis (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya Improphantes multidentatus (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is. Improphantes nitidus (Thorell, 1875) – Europe Improphantes pamiricus (Tanasevitch, 1989) – Tajikistan Improphantes potanini (Tanasevitch, 1989) – Kyrgyzstan Improphantes turok Tanasevitch, 2011 – Turkey