World Spider Catalog

Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: for comments on relationships, see Michalik & Hormiga, 2010: 7; re-synonymization of Pimoidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; Sinopimoidae Li & Wunderlich, 2008 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0112] synonymyized with Linyphiidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 245; resurrection of Sinopimoidae by Wunderlich, 2020b: 20 is not accepted here, because Dimitrov et al., 2017 was not taken into account; re-elevation of Sinopimoidae to family level by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 343 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); the current status of Sinopimoidae is also maintained for reasons of stability and we wait for a probable confirmation or rejection of this resurrection; Tian et al., 2022 show five subfamilies: Linyphiinae (incl. Mynogleninae Lehtinen, 1967: 250 and Dubiaraneinae Millidge, 1993c: 145), Erigoninae Emerton, 1882: 7, Micronetinae Hull, 1920a: 8, Ipainae Saaristo, 2007b: 34 and Stemonyphantinae Wunderlich, 1986: 120; da Silva-Moreira, Kulkarni & Hormiga, 2025: 60-62 list resp. newly circumscribe six subfamilies: Erigoninae, Lepthyphantinae Simon, 1929: 562, Linyphiinae (syn. nov.: Dubiaraneinae), Mynogleninae, Pocobletinae Silva-Moreira & Hormiga, 2025: 61 (new subfamily) and Stemonyphantinae, state Ipainae and Micronetinae to be polyphyletic, leave several linyphiid clades unranked and also several genera as incertae sedis.

Gen. Afroneta Holm, 1968 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00820

type Afroneta immaculata Holm, 1968; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Afroneta bidentata Holm, 1968 -- see Laminafroneta

Afroneta brevistyla Holm, 1968 -- see Laminafroneta

Afroneta locketi Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996 -- see Laminafroneta

Afroneta altivaga Holm, 1968 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009335

Afroneta altivaga Holm, 1968b: 26, f. 39-40 (Df) Original description

Afroneta altivaga Merrett, 2004a: 15, f. 46-47 (f)

Afroneta annulata Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039854

Afroneta annulata Merrett, 2004a: 11, f. 34-35 (Dm) Original description

Afroneta bamilekei Bosmans, 1988 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009336

Afroneta bamilekei Bosmans, 1988: 28, f. 11g-j (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta bamilekei Merrett, 2004a: 16, f. 52-55 (mf)

Afroneta bamilekei Frick & Scharff, 2014: 83, f. 16a (f)

Afroneta basilewskyi Holm, 1968 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009337

Afroneta basilewskyi Holm, 1968b: 27, f. 41-42 (Df) Original description

Afroneta basilewskyi Merrett, 2004a: 15, f. 48-49 (f)

Afroneta blesti Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009339

Afroneta blesti Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996: 220, f. 9-12 (Df) Original description

Afroneta elgonensis Merrett, 2004 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039856

Afroneta elgonensis Merrett, 2004a: 4, f. 11-13 (Df) Original description

Afroneta elgonensis Frick & Scharff, 2018: 13, f. 6D-G, 7A-K, 8A-F (Dm, f)

Afroneta erecta Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039857

Afroneta erecta Merrett, 2004a: 9, f. 30-33 (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta flavescens Frick & Scharff, 2018 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050157

Afroneta flavescens Frick & Scharff, 2018: 9, f. 4A-D, 5A-H, 6A-C (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta fulva Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039858

Afroneta fulva Merrett, 2004a: 12, f. 36-37 (Dm) Original description

Afroneta fusca Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039859

Afroneta fusca Merrett, 2004a: 20, f. 66-70 (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta guttata Holm, 1968 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009341

Afroneta guttata Holm, 1968b: 29, f. 43-44 (Df) Original description

Afroneta guttata Merrett, 2004a: 17, f. 56-60 (f, Dm)

Afroneta immaculata Holm, 1968 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009342 TYPE SPECIES

Afroneta immaculata Holm, 1968b: 22, f. 31-36 (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta immaculata Merrett, 2004a: 3, f. 5-8 (mf)

Afroneta immaculoides Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039861

Afroneta immaculoides Merrett, 2004a: 3, f. 9-10 (Df) Original description

Afroneta lativulva Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039862

Afroneta lativulva Merrett, 2004a: 14, f. 42-43 (Df) Original description

Afroneta lobeliae Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039863

Afroneta lobeliae Merrett, 2004a: 8, f. 1, 26-29 (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta lobeliae Frick & Scharff, 2014: 83, f. 16b (f)

Afroneta longipalpis Ledoux & Attié, 2008 | | Réunion urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041611

Afroneta longipalpis Ledoux & Attié, 2008: 35, f. 1A-D, 2A-F (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta longispinosa Holm, 1968 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009344

Afroneta longispinosa Holm, 1968b: 33, f. 49-51 (Df) Original description

Afroneta longispinosa Merrett, 2004a: 14, f. 44-45 (f)

Afroneta maculata Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039864

Afroneta maculata Merrett, 2004a: 12, f. 38-39 (Df) Original description

Afroneta millidgei Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009345

Afroneta millidgei Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996: 218, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta pallens Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039865

Afroneta pallens Merrett, 2004a: 6, f. 18-21 (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta picta Holm, 1968 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009346

Afroneta picta Holm, 1968b: 30, f. 45-46 (Df) Original description

Afroneta picta Merrett, 2004a: 13, f. 40-41 (f)

Afroneta praticola Holm, 1968 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009347

Afroneta praticola Holm, 1968b: 25, f. 37-38 (Df) Original description

Afroneta praticola Merrett, 2004a: 5, f. 14-17 (f)

Afroneta sarahae Frick & Scharff, 2018 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050159

Afroneta sarahae Frick & Scharff, 2018: 20, f. 11D-F, 12A-H, 13A-H (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta serrata Frick & Scharff, 2018 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050158

Afroneta serrata Frick & Scharff, 2018: 16, f. 9A-F, 10A-H, 11A–C (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta snazelli Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009348

Afroneta snazelli Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996: 221, f. 13-14 (Df) Original description

Afroneta subfusca Holm, 1968 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009349

Afroneta subfusca Holm, 1968b: 31, f. 47-48 (Dm) Original description

Afroneta subfusca Merrett, 2004a: 19, f. 2, 61-65 (m, Df)

Afroneta subfusca Frick & Scharff, 2014: 83, f. 9a (m)

Afroneta subfuscoides Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039866

Afroneta subfuscoides Merrett, 2004a: 21, f. 71-74 (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta tenuivulva Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039867

Afroneta tenuivulva Merrett, 2004a: 7, f. 22-25 (Dmf) Original description

Afroneta tenuivulva Frick & Scharff, 2014: 83, f. 9b, 12a, 14f (m)

Afroneta tristis Merrett, 2004 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039868

Afroneta tristis Merrett, 2004a: 16, f. 50-51 (Df) Original description