Oreophantes is a monotypic genus of North American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Oreophantes recurvatus. It was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1984,[2] and has only been found in the United States and Canada.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Oreophantes Eskov, 1984[1] |
| Species: | O. recurvatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreophantes recurvatus (Emerton, 1913)
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See also
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edit- ^ a b "Gen. Oreophantes Eskov, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- ^ Eskov, K. Y. (1984). "Taxonomy of spiders of the genus Oreonetides (Aranei, Linyphiidae)". Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal. 63: 662–670.