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