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. Cnephalocotes Simon, 1884 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00903

type Walckenaeria obscura Blackwall, 1834; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Cnephalocotes compar Holm, 1962 -- see Tybaertiella

Cnephalocotes convexus Holm, 1962 -- see Tybaertiella

Cnephalocotes dentiger Strand, 1903 -- see Silometopus

Cnephalocotes fuscus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 -- see Micrargus

Cnephalocotes ophthalmicus Strand, 1901 -- see Silometopus

Cnephalocotes pectinatus Tullgren, 1955 -- see Troxochrota

Cnephalocotes pygmaeus Sørensen, 1898 -- see Typhochrestus

Cnephalocotes tristis Denis, 1954 -- see Minyriolus

In synonymy:

Cnephalocotes impolitus (Westring, 1861, T from Erigone) = Cnephalocotes obscurus (Blackwall, 1834) (Simon, 1884a: 701)

Cnephalocotes molliculus (L. Koch, 1879, T from Erigone) = Cnephalocotes obscurus (Blackwall, 1834) (Holm, 1973: 79)

Cnephalocotes ferrugineus Seo, 2018 | | Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052093

Cnephalocotes ferrugineus Seo, 2018: 258, f. 5A-B, 7A-E (Dmf) Original description

Cnephalocotes obscurus (Blackwall, 1834) | | Canada, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009945 TYPE SPECIES

Walckenaera obscura Blackwall, 1834b: 321 (Dm) Original description

Erigone impolita Westring, 1861: 245 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059977]

Walckenaera obscurus Blackwall, 1864a: 297, pl. 20, f. 212 (m)

Erigone mollicula L. Koch, 1879c: 75, pl. 2, f. 28-28a (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009941]

Lophocarenum obscurum Förster & Bertkau, 1883: 230, 269

Cnephalocotes obscurus Simon, 1884a: 701, f. 558-560 (mf, S of Erigone impolita)

Eustichothrix obscura Dahl, 1886: 79

Nematogmus obscurus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 123, pl. 4, f. 47, pl. 5, f. 3 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Simon, 1894a: 650, f. 626 (m)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Becker, 1896: 135, pl. 11, f. 17 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Smith, 1901a: 303, p. 334: f. 1f, 2f (m)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Smith, 1901b: 9, f. 2m (f)

Nematogmus obscurus Bösenberg, 1902: 210, pl. 18, f. 295 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Simon, 1926: 362, 490, f. 645-646 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Denis, 1946a: 11, f. A-C (f)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 255, f. 155A-C (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Tullgren, 1955: 311, f. 15a-b (f)

Erigone mollicula Roewer, 1955c: 1499 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Brændegaard, 1958: 47, f. 40-41 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Wiehle, 1960a: 385, f. 701-711 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Wiehle, 1960c: 468, f. 121-b (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Merrett, 1963b: 441, f. 123A-C (m)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Wiehle, 1967c: 199, f. 7 (m)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Tystshenko, 1971: 265, f. 898 (m)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Miller, 1971: 281, pl. LIX, f. 31-32 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Holm, 1973: 79 (S of Erigone mollicula)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Palmgren, 1976: 46, f. 17.1-3 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Millidge, 1977: 19, f. 82 (m)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Roberts, 1987: 67, f. 27g, 28b (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 138, f. 387 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Millidge, 1993c: 147, f. 31 (f)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Agnarsson, 1996: 90, f. 83A-C (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 96, f. 887-890 (mf)

Cnephalocotes obscurus Gnelitsa, 2024: 190, f. 4-7, 9 (f)

Cnephalocotes similis Gnelitsa, 2024 | | Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061223

Cnephalocotes similis Gnelitsa, 2024: 188, f. 1-3, 8 (Df) Original description

Cnephalocotes simpliciceps Simon, 1900 | | Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009947

Cnephalocotes simpliciceps Simon, 1900a: 462, pl. 18, f. 4 (Dm) Original description