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Genus: Arcuphantes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Arcuphantes hikosanensis Saito, 1992

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

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Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan m - (Saito, 1992b)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 5m 9f 2jm - (Saito, 1992b)

Taxonomic References

Arcuphantes hikosanensis Saito, 1992b: 16, f. 9-14 (Dmf) Original description

Arcuphantes hikosanensis Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 314, f. 786-789 (mf)

Arcuphantes hikosanensis Serita, 2024a: 67, f. 1d (f)

Arcuphantes hikosanensis Ballarin et al., 2026c: 428, f. 15A-H, 16A-F (mf)

References

Ballarin, F., Nagai, T., Yamasaki, T. & Eguchi, K. (2026c). New species and new records of cave-dwelling money spiders from Japan with remarks on the genera Anguliphantes, Arcuphantes, Nihonella, Micrargus, and Porrhomma (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 5828(3): 401-449. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.3.1 [[Zoobank: 754F4AB9-A158-4DF6-AA3F-A578CC1BE27B]] -- Show included taxa

Ono, H., Matsuda, M. & Saito, H. (2009). Linyphiidae, Pimoidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 253-344. -- Show included taxa

Saito, H. (1992b). New linyphiid spiders of the genus Arcuphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Japan. Korean Arachnology 8: 13-31. -- Show included taxa

Serita, R. (2024a). A list of spiders collected from Kumamoto Pref., Japan. Kishidaia 124: 67-68. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-06-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Ballarin et al., 2026c
2025-01-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Serita, 2024a