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. Eridantes Crosby & Bishop, 1933 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00959

type Lophocarenum erigonoides Emerton, 1882; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Eridantes formosus (Banks, 1892, T from Diplocephalus) = Eridantes erigonoides (Emerton, 1882) (Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 146)

Eridantes howardi (Petrunkevitch, 1925, T from Caseola) = Eridantes erigonoides (Emerton, 1882) (Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 146)

Eridantes lobiceps (Banks, 1897, T from Diplocephalus) = Eridantes erigonoides (Emerton, 1882) (Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 146)

Eridantes parvus (Banks, 1892, T from Diplocephalus) = Eridantes erigonoides (Emerton, 1882) (Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 146)

Eridantes percisus (Keyserling, 1886, T from Diplocephalus) = Eridantes erigonoides (Emerton, 1882) (Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 146)

Eridantes diodontos Prentice & Redak, 2013 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045785

Eridantes diodontos Prentice & Redak, 2013: 360, f. 1-8, 10-16 (Dmf) Original description

Eridantes erigonoides (Emerton, 1882) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010378 TYPE SPECIES

Lophocarenum erigonoides Emerton, 1882: 50, pl. 14, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Erigone percisa Keyserling, 1886b: 153, pl. 16, f. 219 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065517]

Lophocarenum parvum Banks, 1892a: 36, pl. 4, f. 6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065518]

Lophocarenum erigonoides Banks, 1892a: 37, pl. 4, f. 9 (f)

Lophocarenum formosum Banks, 1892a: 37, pl. 4, f. 10, pl. 5, f. 10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065519]

Diplocephalus erigonoides Simon, 1894a: 615

Plaesiocraerius lobiceps Banks, 1897: 196 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065520]

Diplocephalus erigonoides Petrunkevitch, 1911: 229

Diplocephalus formosus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 230

Diplocephalus lobiceps Petrunkevitch, 1911: 230

Diplocephalus parvus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 231

Diplocephalus persicus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 231 (lapsus)

Lophocarenum formosum Banks, 1916: 74, pl. 10, f. 4 (f)

Caseola howardi Petrunkevitch, 1925c: 175, pl. 8. f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065521]

Eridantes erigonoides Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 146, pl. 6, f. 150-158 (mf, T from Diplocephalus, S of Caseola howardi, Diplocephalus formosus, D. lobiceps, D. parvus and D. percisus)

Eridantes erigonoides Kaston, 1948: 185, f. 568-571 (m)

Eridantes erigonoides Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 101, f. 955-957 (mf)

Eridantes erigonoides Prentice & Redak, 2013: 360, f. 9 (m)

Eridantes utibilis Crosby & Bishop, 1933 | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010379

Eridantes utibilis Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 148, pl. 7, f. 159-164 (Dm) Original description

Eridantes utibilis Levi, 1951: 10, f. 13 (Df)

Eridantes utibilis Paquin & Dupérré, 2006: 14, f. 25-28 (mf)