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:

Stylophora Menge, 1866 = Diplostyla Emerton, 1882 (Merrett, 1963b: 465, preoccupied)

Gen. Diplostyla Emerton, 1882 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00933

type Linyphia concolor Wider, 1834; gender feminine

N.B.: considered the earliest name available to replace Stylophora Menge, 1866: 128 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03839] (type Linyphia concolor Wider, 1834; see Merrett, 1963b: 465), preoccupied in Anthozoa by Schweigger, 1819 and in Diptera by Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; placed as a subgenus of Bathyphantes Menge, 1866 by Ivie, 1969: 60, but regarded as a separate genus by later authors; not included in a subfamily of Linyphiidae but in an unranked linyphiid clade by da Silva-Moreira, Kulkarni & Hormiga, 2025: 62.

Transferred to other genera:

Diplostyla approximata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) -- see Bathyphantes

Diplostyla blattifera (Urquhart, 1886) -- see Laperousea

Diplostyla colletti (Strand, 1899) -- see Kaestneria

Diplostyla dorsalis (Wider, 1834) -- see Kaestneria

Diplostyla flavipes (Blackwall, 1854) -- see Tenuiphantes

Diplostyla inornata Emerton, 1917 -- see Bathyphantes

Diplostyla nigrina (Westring, 1851) -- see Bathyphantes

Diplostyla pullata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) -- see Kaestneria

In synonymy:

Diplostyla albomaculata (Menge, 1866, T from Stylophora) = Diplostyla concolor (Wider, 1834) (Simon, 1884a: 336, sub Bathyphantes)

Diplostyla filipes (Blackwall, 1836, T from Theridion) = Diplostyla concolor (Wider, 1834) (Thorell, 1870a: 70, sub Linyphia)

Diplostyla grandimanus (Ohlert, 1867, T from Micryphantes) = Diplostyla concolor (Wider, 1834) (Thorell, 1870a: 70, sub Linyphia)

Diplostyla concolor (Wider, 1834) | | North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Korea. Introduced to St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010092 TYPE SPECIES

Linyphia concolor Wider, 1834: 261, pl. 18, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Theridion filipes Blackwall, 1836: 484 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066259]

Linyphia concolor Westring, 1861: 134 (Df)

Theridion filipes Blackwall, 1864a: 206, pl. 14, f. 136 (mf)

Stylophora concolor Menge, 1866: 128, pl. 24, f. 51 (mf)

Stylophora albo-maculata Menge, 1866: 130, pl. 24, f. 52 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066260]

Micryphantes grandimanus Ohlert, 1867: 77 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066261]

Linyphia concolor Thorell, 1870a: 70 (S of Micryphantes grandimanus and Theridion filipes)

Diplostyla concolor Emerton, 1882: 66, pl. 20, f. 3 (mf)

Bathyphantes concolor Simon, 1884a: 336, f. 105-106 (mf, S of Stylophora albomaculata)

Linyphia concolor Keyserling, 1886b: 81, pl. 13, f. 177 (mf)

Bathyphantes concolor Simon, 1894a: 688, f. 776 (m)

Bathyphantes concolor Becker, 1896: 52, pl. 7, f. 3 (mf)

Bathyphantes concolor Bösenberg, 1901: 84, pl. 7, f. 25 (mf)

Bathyphantes concolor Smith, 1901b: 196, p. 109: f. d-e (mf)

Diplostyla concolor Emerton, 1902: 147, f. 351-353 (mf)

Stylophora concolor Simon, 1929: 640, 746

Bathyphantes concolor Comstock, 1940: 393, f. 389a-b (f)

Bathyphantes concolor Kaston, 1948: 131, f. 288-291 (mf, T from Stylophora = Diplostyla)

Bathyphantes concolor Locket & Millidge, 1953: 364, f. 218B, 220C-D (mf)

Bathyphantes concolor Wiehle, 1956: 263, f. 436-439 (mf)

Diplostyla concolor Merrett, 1963b: 381, f. 37A-C (m)

Bathyphantes (Diplostyla) concolor Ivie, 1969: 61, f. 105-108 (mf)

Bathyphantes concolor Tystshenko, 1971: 227, f. 724 (f)

Diplostyla concolor Miller, 1971: 216, pl. XLI, f. 25-26 (mf)

Diplostyla concolor Palmgren, 1975: 75, f. 16.5-7 (mf)

Diplostyla concolor Millidge, 1977: 48, f. 182 (m)

Diplostyla concolor Roberts, 1987: 140, f. 71c (mf)

Diplostyla concolor Tanasevitch, 1990: 86, f. 14.15-17 (mf)

Diplostyla concolor Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 146, f. 404 (mf)

Bathyphantes concolor Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 135, f. 1476-1479 (mf)

Diplostyla concolor Danişman & Cosar, 2013: 569, f. 2A-E (mf)

Diplostyla concolor Seo, 2018: 266, f. 5S-T, 12A-E (mf)

Diplostyla concolor Breitling et al., 2020: 42, f. 4 (m)