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.

In synonymy:

Algarveneta Wunderlich, 2021 = Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 (Wunderlich, 2023: 35)

Gen. Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00877

type Canariphantes alpicola Wunderlich, 1992; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a possible junior synonym of Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 by Wunderlich, 1995b: 423, but not by Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 264; considered a senior synonym of Algarveneta Wunderlich, 2021: 5 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04710] (type A. corona Wunderlich, 2021) by Bosmans in Wunderlich, 2023: 35.

Transferred to other genera:

Canariphantes viduus (Fage, 1931) -- see Centromerus

In synonymy:

Canariphantes homonymus (Denis, 1934) = Canariphantes tenerrimus (Simon, 1929) (Bosmans, 2015: 27)

Canariphantes acoreensis (Wunderlich, 1992) | | Azores urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011066

Lepthyphantes acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 375, f. 399-402 (Dm; not f, = Canariphantes junipericola) Original description

Canariphantes acoreensis Crespo et al., 2014: 405, f. 1-7, 23-24 (m, Df, T from Lepthyphantes)

Canariphantes alpicola Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009685 TYPE SPECIES

Canariphantes alpicola Wunderlich, 1992a: 372, f. 380-390 (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes alpicola Saaristo in Marusik & Koponen, 2008a: 10, pl. 3 (m)

Canariphantes atlassahariensis (Bosmans, 1991) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011092

Lepthyphantes atlassahariensis Bosmans, 1991b: 64, f. 1-2, 5-8 (Dmf) Original description

Palliduphantes atlassahariensis Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2001: 6 (T from Lepthyphantes)

Canariphantes atlassahariensis Bosmans, 2006b: 178 (T from Palliduphantes)

Canariphantes barrientosi Bosmans, 2019 | | Spain (Balearic Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051348

Canariphantes barrientosi Bosmans in Bosmans, Hernández-Corral & Lissner, 2019: 97, f. 2A-B, 3A-E (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes corona (Wunderlich, 2021) | | Portugal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052987

Algarveneta corona Wunderlich, 2021: 6, f. 1-11 (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes corona Wunderlich, 2023: 35, f. 51-52 (m, T from Algarveneta, at figs. named zonatus)

Canariphantes epigynatus Tanasevitch, 2013 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045835

Canariphantes epigynatus Tanasevitch, 2013a: 104, f. 9-16 (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes junipericola Crespo & Bosmans, 2014 | | Azores urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047070

Lepthyphantes acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 375, f. 403-407 (f, misidentified)

Canariphantes junipericola Crespo & Bosmans in Crespo et al., 2014: 408, f. 9-15, 25-26 (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes naili (Bosmans & Bouragba, 1992) | | Morocco, Algeria, Spain? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009687

Lepthyphantes naili Bosmans & Bouragba, 1992: 254, f. 17-22 (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes naili Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 264 (T from Lepthyphantes)

Canariphantes naili Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 75, f. 43A-F (f)

Canariphantes aff. naili Hernández-Corral, Barrientos & García-Teba, 2025: 56, f. 4 (m)

Canariphantes nanus (Kulczyński, 1898) | | Central to eastern Europe, Turkey, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009688

Lepthyphantes nanus Kulczyński, 1898: 86, pl. 2, f. 59-60 (Df) Original description

Lepthyphantes nanus Balogh & Loksa, 1947: 68, f. 5 (f)

Lepthyphantes nanus Miller, 1947: 80, pl. XV, f. 1-4 (Dm)

Lepthyphantes nanus Miller, 1971: 226, pl. XLIV, f. 7-8 (mf)

Canariphantes nanus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 264 (Tmf from Lepthyphantes)

Canariphantes nanus Gnelitsa, 2009a: 191, f. 1a-g (mf)

Canariphantes nanus Grbić, Hänggi & Krnjajić, 2021: 29, f. 9 (m)

Canariphantes nanus Lecigne, 2021a: 17, f. 30a-c (f)

Canariphantes palmaensis Wunderlich, 2011 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044133

Canariphantes palmaensis Wunderlich, 2011: 386, f. 50-55 (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes relictus Crespo & Bosmans, 2014 | | Azores urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047071

Canariphantes relictus Crespo & Bosmans in Crespo et al., 2014: 410, f. 16-22, 27-28 (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes ritae (Bosmans, 1985) | | Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011284

Lepthyphantes ritae Bosmans, 1985a: 159, f. 9a-c, 10a-c, 11b (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes ritae Bosmans, Hernández-Corral & Lissner, 2019: 98 (T from Lepthyphantes)

Canariphantes ritae Breitling, 2020: 345, f. 17B (f)

Canariphantes tenerrimus (Simon, 1929) | | Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Cyprus, Algeria, Morocco urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011318

Lepthyphantes tenerrimus Simon, 1929: 611, 737 (Df) Original description

Lepthyphantes homonymus Denis, 1934c: 76, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009686]

Lepthyphantes homonymus Machado, 1949: 41, f. 18-19 (m, Df)

Lepthyphantes homonymus Denis, 1950b: 102, f. 40 (f)

Lepthyphantes homonymus Bosmans & Bouragba, 1992: 259, f. 28-34 (mf)

Canariphantes homonymus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 264 (T from Lepthyphantes)

Canariphantes homonymus Tanasevitch, 2011b: 57, f. 22-26 (m)

Canariphantes tenerrimus Bosmans, 2015: 27 (mf, T from Lepthyphantes, S of Canariphantes homonymus and Centromerus viduus [revalidated by Fernández-Pérez & Prieto, 2023a: 142])

Canariphantes tenerrimus Breitling, 2020: 345, f. 16F, 17C (mf)

Canariphantes tenerrimus Fernández-Pérez & Prieto, 2023a: 142, f. 7A-C (mf)

Canariphantes trichofer Tanasevitch, 2025 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064131

Canariphantes trichofer Tanasevitch, 2025a: 258, f. 1A-G, 2A-M (Dmf) Original description

Canariphantes zonatus (Simon, 1884) | | Portugal, France, Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009630

Lepthyphantes zonatus Simon, 1884a: 322, f. 91 (Dmf) Original description

Lepthyphantes zonatus Machado, 1949: 43, f. 20-22 (mf)

Bolyphantes zonatus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 256 (T from Lepthyphantes)

Canariphantes zonatus Bosmans, 2006b: 179, f. 12-17 (mf, T from Bolyphantes)

Canariphantes zonatus Lissner, 2017b: 56, f. 14a-c (f)

Canariphantes zonatus Lecigne, 2018b: 69, f. 8A-E (mf)

Canariphantes zonatus Breitling, 2020: 345, f. 16G (m)

Canariphantes zonatus lucifugus (Simon, 1929) | | France urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009631

Lepthyphantes zonatus lucifuga Simon, 1929: 606, 611, 737 (Dmf) Original description

Lepthyphantes zonatus lucifugus Roewer, 1942a: 556