Metaleptyphantes

Metaleptyphantes is an African genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1968.

==Species== , this genus includes eighteen species: Metaleptyphantes bifoliatus Locket, 1968 – Angola Metaleptyphantes cameroonensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Metaleptyphantes carinatus Locket, 1968 – Angola Metaleptyphantes clavator Locket, 1968 – DR Congo, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania Metaleptyphantes dentiferens Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya Metaleptyphantes dubius Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 – Nigeria Metaleptyphantes familiaris Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa Metaleptyphantes foulfouldei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon Metaleptyphantes kraepelini (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java) Metaleptyphantes machadoi Locket, 1968 – Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania (type species) Metaleptyphantes ovatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Metaleptyphantes perexiguus (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Africa, Comoros Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968 – Angola, Seychelles Metaleptyphantes subclavator Tanasevitch, 2025 – Ethiopia Metaleptyphantes triangulatus Holm, 1968 – Congo Metaleptyphantes uncinatus Holm, 1968 – Congo Metaleptyphantes vates Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon Metaleptyphantes vicinus Locket, 1968 – Kenya, Angola