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; other subfamilies are Erigoninae Emerton, 1882: 7 and Mynogleninae Lehtinen, 1967: 250.

In synonymy:

Scleroschema Hull, 1911 = Araeoncus Simon, 1884 (Denis, 1942a: 84)

Gen. Araeoncus Simon, 1884 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00840
N.B.: type species fixed by Simon, 1894a: 652; considered a senior synonym of Scleroschema Hull, 1911b: 51 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04156] (type Walckenaeria humilis Blackwall, 1841) by Denis, 1942a: 84; a generic re-organisation of the Savignia group (incl. Araeoncus, Dicymbium, Diplocephalus, Erigonella, Glyphesis) is pending (Frick, Nentwig & Kropf, 2010); the proposed synonymy with Savignia Blackwall, 1833 by Breitling, 2021: 22 is not followed here as it is based mainly on COI (see FAQ 7).

Transferred to other genera:

Araeoncus aequus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1911 -- see Acartauchenius

Araeoncus americanus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 -- see Coloncus

Araeoncus brunneus Bösenberg, 1902 -- see Diplocephalus

Araeoncus erratus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908 -- see Acartauchenius

Araeoncus hiemalis (Blackwall, 1841) -- see Erigonella

Araeoncus krugeri Simon, 1894 -- see Tybaertiella

Araeoncus longicephalus Saito, 1988 -- see Saitonia

Araeoncus muscus Saito, 1989 -- see Saitonia

Araeoncus ojiroensis Saito, 1990 -- see Saitonia

Araeoncus orientalis Oi, 1960 -- see Saitonia

Araeoncus patellatus Emerton, 1917 -- see Scotinotylus

Araeoncus prospiciens (Thorell, 1875) -- see Archaraeoncus

Araeoncus pusillus Tullgren, 1955 -- see Saloca

Araeoncus ruderalis Sørensen, 1898 -- see Hilaira

Araeoncus stigmosus Xia, Zhang, Gao, Fei & Kim, 2001 -- see Tibioploides

Araeoncus strandi Ermolajev, 1937 -- see Tanasevitchia

Araeoncus tianschanicus Hu & Wu, 1989 -- see Archaraeoncus

In synonymy:

Araeoncus affinitatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863, T from Walckenaeria) = Araeoncus crassiceps Westring, 1861 (Simon, 1884a: 638)

Araeoncus excelsus (L. Koch, 1879) = Araeoncus crassiceps Westring, 1861 (Holm, 1973: 78)

Araeoncus globiceps (Menge, 1868, T from Lophocarenum) = Araeoncus humilis Blackwall, 1841 (Simon, 1884a: 636)

Araeoncus meridionalis Denis, 1954 = Araeoncus humilis Blackwall, 1841 (Bosmans, 1996: 125)

Araeoncus praeceps Holm, 1962 = Araeoncus victorianyanzae Berland, 1936 (Scharff, 1990a: 9)

Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1884 | | France, Italy, Azerbaijan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009419
Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1884a: 640, f. 471-473 (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1894a: 611, f. 642-643 (m)
Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1926: 366, 492, f. 649 (m, Df)
Araeoncus altissimus Denis, 1948a: 19, f. 3-5 (mf)
Araeoncus altissimus Tanasevitch, 1987a: 331, f. 54-58 (m)
Araeoncus altissimus Tanasevitch, 1990: 111, f. 22.2, 28.23-24 (m)
Araeoncus altissimus Pesarini, 1996: 414, f. 1-2, 8 (mf)
Araeoncus altissimus Bosmans, 1996: 146, f. 74-81 (mf)
Araeoncus altissimus IJland, van Helsdingen & Miller, 2012: 10, f. 12-13 (f)
Araeoncus anguineus (L. Koch, 1869) | | Europe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009420
Erigone anguinea L. Koch, 1869: 180 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus anguineus Simon, 1884a: 642, f. 474-476 (mf)
Araeoncus anguineus Simon, 1894a: 652, f. 629 (m)
Araeoncus anguineus Schenkel, 1927b: 243, f. 7 (f)
Araeoncus anguineus Wiehle, 1960a: 243, f. 440-445 (mf)
Diplocephalus helleri Wiehle, 1967a: 7, f. 22-24 (f; misidentified per Wunderlich, 1973d: 395)
Araeoncus anguineus Millidge, 1977: 34, f. 125 (m)
Araeoncus anguineus Deltshev, 1985a: 359, f. 2-5 (mf)
Araeoncus anguineus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 114, f. 328 (mf)
Diplocephalus helleri Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 142, f. 400.3-4 (f; misidentified per Wunderlich, 1973d: 395)
Araeoncus anguineus Pesarini, 1996: 414, f. 3-4, 7 (mf)
Araeoncus anguineus Breitling, 2020: 344, f. 17A (f)
Araeoncus banias Tanasevitch, 2013 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045834
Araeoncus banias Tanasevitch, 2013a: 103, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987 | | Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009421
Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987a: 333, f. 59-64 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1990: 111, f. 22.3, 28.21-22 (m)
Araeoncus caucasicus Marusik, Guseinov & Aliev, 2005: 140, f. 10 (f)
Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 2013a: 103, f. 8 (f)
Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 2013c: 270, f. 17-18, 23-24 (m)
Araeoncus clavatus Tanasevitch, 1987 | | Turkey, Armenia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009422
Araeoncus clavatus Tanasevitch, 1987a: 334, f. 65-69 (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus clavatus Tanasevitch, 1990: 111, f. 22.4, 28.17-28 (m)
Araeoncus clavatus Karabulut & Türkeş, 2012: 93, f. 3A-G (m, Df)
Araeoncus clivifrons Deltshev, 1987 | | Bulgaria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009423
Araeoncus clivifrons Deltshev, 1987b: 97, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus convexus Tullgren, 1955 | | Sweden, Estonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009424
Araeoncus convexus Tullgren, 1955: 322, f. 25a-b (Df) Original description
Araeoncus crassiceps (Westring, 1861) | | Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009425
Erigone crassiceps Westring, 1861: 231 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus crassiceps Locket & Millidge, 1953: 298, f. 180C, E, G, 181D (mf)
Walckenaera affinitata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863: 8591 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060277]
Araeoncus crassiceps Tullgren, 1955: 320, f. 22a-d (mf)
Walckenaera affinitata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873b: 454, pl. 35, f. 30 (m)
Araeoncus crassiceps Wiehle, 1960a: 239, f. 432-439 (mf)
Erigone excelsa L. Koch, 1879c: 76, pl. 2, f. 29 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060099]
Araeoncus crassiceps Miller, 1971: 278, pl. LIX, f. 11-13 (mf)
Walckenaera crassiceps O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 151
Araeoncus crassiceps Holm, 1973: 78 (S of Araeoncus excelsus)
Araeoncus crassiceps Simon, 1884a: 638, f. 463-466 (m, S of Walckenaeria affinitata)
Araeoncus crassiceps Palmgren, 1976: 42, f. 15.5-10 (mf)
Araeoncus excelsus Simon, 1884a: 643
Araeoncus crassiceps Roberts, 1987: 90, f. 40b, 41c (mf)
Araeoncus crassiceps Smith, 1901a: 334, f. 1t, 2q (m)
Araeoncus crassipes Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 116, f. 330 (mf)
Araeoncus crassiceps Bösenberg, 1902: 194, pl. 17, f. 268 (mf)
Araeoncus crassiceps Hormiga, 2000: 28, f. 1A-G (mf)
Araeoncus crassiceps Falconer, 1911: 284, f. 2 (f)
Araeoncus crassiceps Tanasevitch, 2013c: 270, f. 11-16, 19-22, 25-27 (mf)
Savignia crassiceps Dahl, 1912b: 609
Araeoncus curvatus Tullgren, 1955 | | Sweden, Estonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009426
Araeoncus curvatus Tullgren, 1955: 321, f. 23a-b (Df) Original description
Araeoncus cypriacus Tanasevitch, 2011 | | Cyprus urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043958
Araeoncus cypriacus Tanasevitch, 2011b: 51, f. 1-5 (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus discedens (Simon, 1882) | | Spain, France, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009427
Erigone discedens Simon, 1882d: 235 (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus discedens Simon, 1884a: 639, f. 467-470 (m)
Araeoncus discedens Simon, 1926: 368, 492, f. 651 (m, Df)
Araeoncus discedens Bosmans, 1996: 148, f. 82-88 (mf)
Erigone discedens Frétey, 2023: 124 (year of description corrected)
Araeoncus dispar Tullgren, 1955 | | Sweden urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009428
Araeoncus dispar Tullgren, 1955: 323, f. 26a-b (Df) Original description
Araeoncus duriusculus Caporiacco, 1935 | | Karakorum urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009429
Araeoncus duriusculus Caporiacco, 1935b: 180, pl. 1, f. 19 (Df) Original description
Araeoncus etinde Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009430
Araeoncus etinde Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983: 582, f. 1a-e (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus femineus (Roewer, 1942) | | Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009431
Gonatium femineum Roewer, 1942b: 247, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Diplocephalus femineus Millidge, 1981d: (T from Gonatium)
Araeoncus femineum Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983: 584 (T from Gonatium)
Araeoncus galeriformis (Tanasevitch, 1987) | | Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009432
Savignia galeriformis Tanasevitch, 1987a: 361, f. 123-127 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus galeriformis Tanasevitch, 1990: 44, f. 22.5, 28.19-20 (mf, T from Savignia)
Araeoncus gertschi Caporiacco, 1949 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009433
Araeoncus gertschi Caporiacco, 1949a: 371, f. 32 (Df) Original description
Araeoncus gertschi Scharff, 1990b: 144 (misplaced in this genus, incertae sedis, species inquirenda)
Araeoncus hanno Simon, 1884 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009434
Araeoncus hanno Simon, 1884a: 638 (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus hanno Denis, 1954a: 314, f. 6-7 (Df)
Araeoncus hanno Bosmans, 1996: 127, f. 10-17 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis (Blackwall, 1841) | | Europe, North Africa, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Japan. Introduced to New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009435
Walckenaera humilis Blackwall, 1841a: 636 (Dmf) Original description
Argus humilis Walckenaer, 1847a: 506
Walckenaera humilis Blackwall, 1864a: 307, pl. 21, f. 223 (mf)
Lophocarenum globiceps Menge, 1868: 207, pl. 40, f. 204 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060278]
Erigone humilis Dahl, 1883: 47
Araeoncus humilis Simon, 1884a: 636, f. 460-462 (mf, S of Lophocarenum globiceps)
Diplocephalus humilis Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 111, pl. 4, f. 23 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Becker, 1896: (3): 126, pl. 11, f. 12 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Smith, 1901a: 304, p. 334: f. 1s, 2o (m)
Araeoncus humilis Bösenberg, 1902: 195, pl. 17, f. 269 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Simon, 1926: 367, 492, f. 650 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Peelle & Saito, 1932: 94, f. 7 (m)
Araeoncus humilis Miller, 1947: 37, pl. VI, f. 6 (f)
Araeoncus humilis Denis, 1948a: 19, f. (m)
Araeoncus humilis Locket & Millidge, 1953: 298, f. 180A-B, D, F, 181A-C (mf)
Araeoncus meridionalis Denis, 1954a: 313, f. 4-5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060100]
Araeoncus humilis Tullgren, 1955: 319, f. 21a-d (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Saito, 1959: 79, f. 83a-f (m)
Araeoncus humilis Wiehle, 1960a: 235, f. 423-431 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Merrett, 1963b: 400, f. 65A-C (m)
Araeoncus humilis Tystshenko, 1971: 262, f. 772 (f)
Araeoncus humilis Miller, 1971: 278, pl. LIX, f. 14-15 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Palmgren, 1976: 42, f. 15.11-13 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Roberts, 1987: 90, f. 40a, 41b (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Deltshev, 1987b: 101, f. 6-13 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Millidge, 1988a: 61, f. 293-295, 297-298, 300, 306 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 114, f. 329 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Melic, 1994a: 114, f. 6-8 (m)
Araeoncus humilis Bosmans, 1996: 125, f. 1-9 (mf, S of Araeoncus meridionalis)
Araeoncus humilis Hormiga, 2000: 29, f. 2A-C, pl. 13A-F, 14A-D (m)
Araeoncus humilis Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 277, f. 227-229 (mf)
Araeoncus humilis Frick, Nentwig & Kropf, 2010: 309, Suppl. pl. 3A-O (mf)
Araeoncus hyalinus Song & Li, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043214
Araeoncus hyalinus Song & Li, 2010a: 120, f. 1A-E, 2A-G, 3A-E (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus impolitus Holm, 1962 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009436
Araeoncus impolitus Holm, 1962: 90, f. 26c, 27c (Df) Original description
Araeoncus longispineus Song & Li, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043215
Araeoncus longispineus Song & Li, 2010a: 125, f. 4A-D, 5A-H (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus longiusculus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) | | France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia, mainland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009437
Erigone longiuscula O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875b: 192, pl. 27, f. 3 (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus longiusculus Simon, 1884a: 634, f. 458-459 (m, Df)
Araeoncus longiusculus Simon, 1926: 365, 491, f. 647 (mf)
Araeoncus longiusculus Pantini & Sassu, 2009: 625, f. 1-4 (mf)
Araeoncus macrophthalmus Miller, 1970 | | Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009438
Araeoncus macrophthalmus Miller, 1970: 87, pl. IV, f. 1-6 (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus malawiensis Jocqué, 1981 | | Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009439
Araeoncus malawiensis Jocqué, 1981a: 481, f. 21-23 (Df) Original description
Araeoncus martinae Bosmans, 1996 | | Morocco, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009440
Araeoncus martinae Bosmans, 1996: 129, f. 18-26 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus mitriformis Tanasevitch, 2008 | | Turkey, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041997
Araeoncus mitriformis Tanasevitch, 2008b: 473, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus mitriformis Tanasevitch, 2009a: 384, f. 7-11 (Df)
Araeoncus mitriformis Danişman & Cosar, 2013: 567, f. 1A-E (mf)
Araeoncus obtusus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009441
Araeoncus obtusus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983: 586, f. 2a-b (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus picturatus Holm, 1962 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009443
Araeoncus picturatus Holm, 1962: 88, f. 26b, 27b (Df) Original description
Araeoncus rhodes Tanasevitch, 2011 | | Greece (Rhodes) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043959
Araeoncus rhodes Tanasevitch, 2011b: 53, f. 6-12, 20 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus sicanus Brignoli, 1979 | | Italy (Sicily) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009444
Araeoncus sicanus Brignoli, 1979e: 280, f. 9 (Df) Original description
Araeoncus subniger Holm, 1962 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009445
Araeoncus subniger Holm, 1962: 90, f. 26d, 27d (Df) Original description
Araeoncus subniger Jocqué, 1985a: 277, f. 1-3 (Dm)
Araeoncus tauricus Gnelitsa, 2004 | | Bulgaria, Greece (Crete), Turkey, Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039874
Araeoncus tauricus Deltshev, Lazarov & Blagoev, 2004: 193, f. 175 (mf, nomen nudum)
Araeoncus tauricus Gnelitsa, 2004: 81, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus tauricus Danişman & Coşar, 2014: 72, f. 1-2 (m)
Araeoncus tauricus Türkeş et al., 2015: 562, f. 3A-B (f)
Araeoncus toubkal Bosmans, 1996 | | Portugal, Morocco urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009446
Araeoncus altissimus Denis, 1968d: 156, f. 26-31 (mf; misidentified per Bosmans, 1996: 132)
Araeoncus toubkal Bosmans, 1996: 132, f. 27-34 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus tuberculatus Tullgren, 1955 | | Sweden urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009447
Araeoncus tuberculatus Tullgren, 1955: 324, f. 27a-b (Df) Original description
Araeoncus vaporariorum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) | | France, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009448
Erigone vaporariorum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875b: 198, pl. 27, f. 8 (Dm) Original description
Araeoncus vaporariorum Simon, 1884a: 633, f. 455-457 (m, Df)
Araeoncus vaporariorum Smith, 1901a: 334, f. 1u, 2p (m)
Araeoncus vaporariorum Simon, 1926: 366, 491, f. 648 (mf)
Araeoncus vaporariorum Pesarini, 1996: 414, f. 5-6 (m)
Araeoncus victorianyanzae Berland, 1936 | | Kenya, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009449
Araeoncus victorianyanzae Berland in Fage & Simon, 1936: 326, f. 17 (Dmf) Original description
Araeoncus praeceps Holm, 1962: 85, f. 25a-d, 26a, 27a, pl. 3, f. 1 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060101]
Araeoncus victorianyanzae Scharff, 1990a: 9, f. 2-6 (m, S of Araeoncus praeceps)
Araeoncus viphyensis Jocqué, 1981 | | Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009450
Araeoncus viphyensis Jocqué, 1981a: 482, f. 24-26 (Df) Original description
Araeoncus vorkutensis Tanasevitch, 1984 | | Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009451
Araeoncus vorkutensis Tanasevitch, 1984a: 387, pl. 4, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

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