title: Tenuiphantes
text: # Tenuiphantes
  
  Tenuiphantes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of May 2019 it contains forty-four species, found in Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe, Argentina, Micronesia, New Zealand, and Chile:
  
  * Tenuiphantes aduncus (Zhu, Li & Sha, 1986) – China
  * Tenuiphantes aequalis (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Turkey, Russia, Armenia
  * Tenuiphantes alacris (Blackwall, 1853) – Europe
  * Tenuiphantes altimontanus Tanasevitch & Saaristo, 2006 – Nepal
  * Tenuiphantes ancatus (Li & Zhu, 1989) – China
  * Tenuiphantes ateripes (Tanasevitch, 1988) – Russia
  * Tenuiphantes canariensis (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is.
  * Tenuiphantes cantabropyrenaeus Bosmans, 2016 – Spain, France
  * Tenuiphantes contortus (Tanasevitch, 1986) – Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia
  * Tenuiphantes cracens (Zorsch, 1937) – North America
  * Tenuiphantes crassus Tanasevitch & Saaristo, 2006 – Nepal
  * Tenuiphantes cristatus (Menge, 1866) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
  * Tenuiphantes drenskyi (van Helsdingen, 1977) – Bulgaria
  * Tenuiphantes flavipes (Blackwall, 1854) – Europe
  * Tenuiphantes floriana (van Helsdingen, 1977) – Romania, Macedonia, Greece
  * Tenuiphantes fogarasensis (Weiss, 1986) – Romania
  * Tenuiphantes fulvus (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is.
  * Tenuiphantes herbicola (Simon, 1884) – Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Italy, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Algeria
  * Tenuiphantes jacksoni (Schenkel, 1925) – Switzerland, Balkans?, Turkey?
  * Tenuiphantes jacksonoides (van Helsdingen, 1977) – Switzerland, Germany, Austria
  * Tenuiphantes lagonaki Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2016 – Russia (Caucasus)
  * Tenuiphantes leprosoides (Schmidt, 1975) – Canary Is.
  * Tenuiphantes mengei (Kulczyński, 1887) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia
  * Tenuiphantes miguelensis (Wunderlich, 1992) – Azores, Madeira
  * Tenuiphantes monachus (Simon, 1884) – Europe
  * Tenuiphantes morosus (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
  * Tenuiphantes nigriventris (L. Koch, 1879) – Northern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Japan
  * Tenuiphantes perseus (van Helsdingen, 1977) – Russia, Central Asia, Iran
  * Tenuiphantes plumipes (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Nepal
  * Tenuiphantes retezaticus (Ruzicka, 1985) – Romania
  * Tenuiphantes sabulosus (Keyserling, 1886) – North America
  * Tenuiphantes spiniger (Simon, 1929) – France
  * Tenuiphantes stramencola (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
  * Tenuiphantes striatiscapus (Wunderlich, 1987) – Canary Is.
  * Tenuiphantes suborientalis Tanasevitch, 2000 – Russia
  * Tenuiphantes teberdaensis Tanasevitch, 2010 – Russia (Caucasus), Georgia
  * Tenuiphantes tenebricola (Wider, 1834) – Europe, Turkey, Russia, China
  * Tenuiphantes tenebricoloides (Schenkel, 1938) – Canary Is., Madeira
  * Tenuiphantes tenuis (Blackwall, 1852) (type) – Europe, Macaronesia, Northern Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Central Asia. Introduced to USA, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand
  * Tenuiphantes wunderlichi (Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996) – Turkey
  * Tenuiphantes zebra (Emerton, 1882) – North America
  * Tenuiphantes zelatus (Zorsch, 1937) – Canada, USA
  * Tenuiphantes zibus (Zorsch, 1937) – Canada, USA
  * Tenuiphantes zimmermanni (Bertkau, 1890) – Europe, Russia
  