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. Bisetifer Tanasevitch, 1987 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00863
type Bisetifer cephalotus Tanasevitch, 1987; gender masculine
Bisetifer cephalotus Tanasevitch, 1987 | | Russia (Caucasus) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009613 TYPE SPECIES
Bisetifer cephalotus Tanasevitch, 1987a: 342, f. 81-86 (Dm; f f. 87 see Bisetifer gruzin) Original description
Bisetifer cephalotus Tanasevitch, 1990: 103, f. 22.8-9, 28.1-2 (mf f. 24.42 see Bisetifer gruzin)
Bisetifer cephalotus Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2015: 447, f. 1-3, 7-18 (m, Df)
Bisetifer cephalotus Nadolny & Turbanov, 2025: 47, f. 6A-B (f)
Bisetifer gruzin Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2015 | | Ukraine, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048131
Bisetifer cephalotus Tanasevitch, 1987a: 342, f. 87 (f; misidentified per Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2015: 447)
Bisetifer cephalotus Tanasevitch, 1990: 103, 24.42 (f; misidentified sensu Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2015: 447)
Bisetifer gruzin Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2015: 447, f. 4-6, 19-31 (Dmf) Original description
Bisetifer gruzin Nadolny & Turbanov, 2025: 47, f. 6C-D (f)
Bisetifer tactus Nadolny & Turbanov, 2025 | | Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064255
Bisetifer tactus Nadolny & Turbanov, 2025: 48, f. 6E-F, 7A-F, 8A-H, 9A-G (Dmf) Original description

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