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. Drapetisca Menge, 1866 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00940

type Linyphia socialis Sundevall, 1833; gender masculine

N.B.: not a senior synonym of Poeciloneta Kulczyński, 1894 (Merrett, Locket & Millidge, 1985: 399, contra Millidge, 1977: 43).

Transferred to other genera:

Drapetisca antarctica Hickman, 1939 -- see Ringina

Drapetisca australis Forster, 1955 -- see Diploplecta

In synonymy:

Drapetisca annulipes (Blackwall, 1833) = Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) (Blackwall, 1864a: 222, sub Linyphia)

Drapetisca sepium (C. L. Koch, 1837) = Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) (Thorell, 1870a: 65, sub Linyphia)

Drapetisca tigrina (Wider, 1834, T from Meta) = Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) (Westring, 1861: 125, sub Linyphia)

Drapetisca alteranda Chamberlin, 1909 | | Alaska, Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010131

Drapetisca socialis Emerton, 1882: 67, pl. 21, f. 2 (mf; misidentified sensu Chamberlin, 1909a: 368)

Linyphia socialis Emerton, 1902: 145, f. 345-347 (mf; misidentified sensu Chamberlin, 1909a: 368)

Drapetisca alteranda Chamberlin, 1909a: 368 (Dmf) Original description

Drapetisca alteranda Kaston, 1948: 118, f. 266-270 (mf)

Drapetisca alteranda Shear, 1967: 6, f. 10-11 (m)

Drapetisca alteranda Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 138, f. 1519-1522 (mf)

Drapetisca alteranda Tu & Hormiga, 2010: 61, f. 4f-g (f)

Drapetisca bicruris Tu & Li, 2006 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039400

Drapetisca socialis Li, Song & Zhu, 1994: 80, f. 20-22 (f; misidentified per Tu & Li, 2006e: 770)

Drapetisca socialis Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995: 245, f. 51-57 (mf; misidentified per Tu & Li, 2006e: 770)

Drapetisca socialis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 167, f. 92G-J (mf; misidentified per Tu & Li, 2006e: 770)

Drapetisca socialis Hu, 2001: 496, f. 329.1-3 (mf; misidentified per Tu & Li, 2006e: 770)

Drapetisca bicruris Tu & Li, 2006e: 770, f. 1-13 (Dmf) Original description

Drapetisca bicruris Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 52, f. 31A-G (mf)

Drapetisca boletus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063557

Drapetisca boletus Irfan, Zhang & Peng in Irfan et al., 2025a: 46, f. 60A-E, 61A-B (Df) Original description

Drapetisca dentata Shi, Liu, Irfan & Wang, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066662

Drapetisca dentata Shi et al., 2026a: 3, f. 1A-D, 2A-D, 3A-D (Dmf) Original description

Drapetisca nanpingensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063558

Drapetisca nanpingensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng in Irfan et al., 2025a: 49, f. 62A-D, 63A-F, 64A-D (Dmf) Original description

Drapetisca oteroana Gertsch, 1951 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010133

Drapetisca oteroana Gertsch, 1951: 2, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) | | Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010134 TYPE SPECIES

Linyphia annulipes Blackwall, 1833: 348 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066165]

Linyphia socialis Sundevall, 1833a: 260 (Dmf) Original description

Linyphia tigrina Wider, 1834: 256, pl. 17, f. 11 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066166]

Linyphia sepium C. L. Koch, 1837b: 10 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066167]

Meta tigrina C. L. Koch, 1845: 130, f. 1051-1052 (mf)

Linyphia socialis Westring, 1861: 125 (S of Meta tigrina)

Linyphia socialis Blackwall, 1864a: 222, pl. 16, f. 147 (mf, S of Linyphia annulipes)

Drapetisca socialis Menge, 1866: 141, pl. 27, f. 59 (mf)

Linyphia socialis Thorell, 1870a: 65 (S of Linyphia sepium)

Drapetisca socialis Simon, 1894a: 706, f. 780

Drapetisca socialis Becker, 1896: 12, pl. 1, f. 6 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Bösenberg, 1901: 90, pl. 8, f. 108 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Smith, 1902: 236, p. 235: unnumbered f. (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Simon, 1929: 567, 726, f. 829 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Locket & Millidge, 1953: 371, f. 222A-B, E, H (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Wiehle, 1956: 137, f. 234-241 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Merrett, 1963b: 363, f. 17A-F (m)

Drapetisca socialis Wiehle, 1967b: 187, f. 20-21 (f)

Drapetisca socialis Tystshenko, 1971: 214, f. 637 (f)

Drapetisca socialis Miller, 1971: 215, pl. XLI, f. 1-3 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Palmgren, 1975: 33, f. 6.25-29 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Millidge, 1984b: 246, f. 64-65 (f)

Drapetisca socialis Matsuda, 1986: 88, f. 1-4 (f)

Drapetisca socialis Roberts, 1987: 140, f. 71e (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Tanasevitch, 1990: 81, f. 13.13-14, 14.19 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 148, f. 408 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Roberts, 1995: 351, f. (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Roberts, 1998: 363, f. (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2004: 111, f. 11-12 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Tu & Li, 2006e: 773, f. 14-26 (mf)

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

Drapetisca socialis Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 316, f. 846-851 (mf)

Drapetisca socialis Tu & Hormiga, 2010: 61, f. 4a-e, 9b (f)

Drapetisca socialis Dupérré, 2013: 7, f. 56 (m)

Drapetisca socialis Trotta & Cherubini, 2017: 65, f. 1 (f)

Drapetisca socialis Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 53, f. 52A-G (mf)

Drapetisca yuelushanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063559

Drapetisca yuelushanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng in Irfan et al., 2025a: 51, f. 65A-D, 66A-B (Df) Original description