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Improphantes Furcabilis
''Improphantes'' is a genus of Linyphiidae, dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael Saaristo, 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'' (James Henry Emerton, Emerton, 1882) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East) *''Improphantes contus'' Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007 – Kazakhstan *''Improphantes cypriot'' Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus *''Improphantes decolor'' (Niklas Westring, Westring, 1861) – Europe, North Africa *''Improphantes djazairi'' (Bosmans, 1985) – Algeria *''Improphantes falcatus'' (Bosmans, 1979) – Kenya *''Improphantes flexilis'' (Tanasevitch, 1986) – Russia (Middle Siberia to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Saaristo
Michael I. Saaristo (1938 – 27 April 2008) was a Finnish arachnologist, with a particular interest in the spiders of the Seychelles. The World Spider Catalog lists 61 genus names or synonyms and 109 species names or synonyms of which he is the sole or co-author. His account of the spiders of the Seychelles was published in 2010, after his death, with the assistance of Yuri M. Marusik. The spider genera '' Saaristoa'' and '' Saaristattus'' were named after him. The World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ... lists 15 species with the specific name ''saaristoi'', honouring him. References Arachnologists 1938 births 2008 deaths Finnish zoologists 20th-century zoologists {{zoologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |