Ascetophantes is a monotypic genus of Asian dwarf spiders containing the single species, Ascetophantes asceticus. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch & Michael I. Saaristo in 2006,[2] and has only been found in Nepal.[1]

Ascetophantes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Ascetophantes
Tanasevitch & Saaristo, 2006[1]
Species:
A. asceticus
Binomial name
Ascetophantes asceticus
(Tanasevitch, 1987)

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Ascetophantes Tanasevitch & Saaristo, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. ^ Tanasevitch, A. V.; Saaristo, M. I. (2006). "Reassessment of the Nepalese species of the genus Lepthyphantes Menge s. l. with descriptions of new Micronetinae genera and species (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Micronetinae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 86: 11–38.