Decipiphantes is a monotypic genus of dwarf spiders containing the species Decipiphantes decipiens. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996,[2] and has only been found in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia.[1]

Decipiphantes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Decipiphantes
Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996[1]
Species:
D. decipiens
Binomial name
Decipiphantes decipiens
(L. Koch, 1879)

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Decipiphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. ^ Saaristo, M. I.; Tanasevitch, A. V. (1996). "Redelimitation of the subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 and the genus Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 with descriptions of some new genera (Aranei, Linyphiidae)". Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck. 83: 163–186.