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. Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01011

type Lepthyphantes grandiculus Tanasevitch, 1987; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Himalaphantes denticulatus (Zhu, Li & Sha, 1986) = Himalaphantes azumiensis (Oi, 1979) (Li & Tao, 1995: 224, sub Lepthyphantes)

Himalaphantes aduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057069

Himalaphantes aduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 111, f. 129A-D, 130A-C, 131A-D (Dmf) Original description

Himalaphantes arcuatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055888

Himalaphantes arcuatus Zhang et al., 2022d: 49, f. 1A-C, 2A-B (Df) Original description

Himalaphantes auriculus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057070

Himalaphantes auriculus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 119, f. 136A-C, 137A-B (Df; refers to the adjective auricula, but this word is a noun) Original description

Himalaphantes azumiensis (Oi, 1979) | | Russia (Far East), China, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010832

Lepthyphantes azumiensis Oi, 1979: 333, f. 16-18 (Dmf) Original description

Lepthyphantes denticulatus Zhu, Li & Sha, 1986: 265, f. 2A-F (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055887]

Lepthyphantes azumiensis Chikuni, 1989b: 48, f. 9 (mf)

Himalaphantes azumiensis Tanasevitch, 1992: 45, 3f-h (mf, T from Lepthyphantes)

Lepthyphantes azumiensis Li & Tao, 1995: 224 (S of Lepthyphantes denticulatus)

Himalaphantes azumiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 171, f. 98K-N (mf)

Lepthyphantes denticulatus Hu, 2001: 505, f. 335.1-5 (mf)

Himalaphantes azumiensis Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 327, f. 1028-1030 (mf)

Himalaphantes azumiensis Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 128, f. 80A-E (mf)

Himalaphantes azumiensis Yin et al., 2012: 497, f. 230a-e (f)

Himalaphantes azumiensis Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 61, f. 37A-G (mf)

Himalaphantes azumiensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 119, f. 132A-D, 133A-C, 134A-D, 135A-B (mf)

Himalaphantes azumiensis Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023b: 17, f. 10A-D, 11A-D, 12A-B (mf)

Himalaphantes azumiensis Irfan et al., 2025a: 86, f. 105A-D, 106A-C, 107A-B, 108A-F (mf)

Himalaphantes fugongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057071

Himalaphantes fugongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 121, f. 138A-C, 139A-B (Df) Original description

Himalaphantes grandiculus (Tanasevitch, 1987) | | Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010833 TYPE SPECIES

Lepthyphantes grandiculus Tanasevitch, 1987b: 47, f. 2, 4-7, 10-12 (Dmf) Original description

Himalaphantes grandiculus Tanasevitch, 1992: 43, f. 3a-c (mf, T from Lepthyphantes)

Himalaphantes gyratus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057072

Himalaphantes gyratus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 123, f. 140A-C, 141A-B (Df) Original description

Himalaphantes lingulatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055889

Himalaphantes lingulatus Zhang et al., 2022d: 52, f. 3A-B, 4A-D, 5A-C, 6A-C (Dmf) Original description

Himalaphantes magnus (Tanasevitch, 1987) | | Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010834

Lepthyphantes magnus Tanasevitch, 1987b: 48, f. 3, 8-9, 13-15 (Dmf) Original description

Himalaphantes magnus Tanasevitch, 1992: 44 (T from Lepthyphantes)

Himalaphantes martensi (Thaler, 1987) | | India (Kashmir), Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010835

Lepthyphantes martensi Thaler, 1987b: 39, f. 36-42, 48-50 (Dmf) Original description

Lepthyphantes martensi Tanasevitch, 1987b: 46, f. 1, 18 (m)

Himalaphantes martensi Tanasevitch, 1992: 44, f. 3d-e (mf, T from Lepthyphantes)

Himalaphantes pseudoaduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057073

Himalaphantes pseudoaduncus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 123, f. 142A-D, 143A-D (Dm) Original description

Himalaphantes pulae Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057074

Himalaphantes pulae Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 125, f. 144A-C, 145A-B (Df) Original description

Himalaphantes uncatus Zhang, Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055890

Himalaphantes uncatus Zhang et al., 2022d: 57, f. 3C-D, 7A-D, 8A-C, 9A-D (Dmf) Original description

Himalaphantes zhangmuensis (Hu, 2001) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037582

Lepthyphantes zhangmuensis Hu, 2001: 514, f. 342.1-3 (Df) Original description

Himalaphantes zhangmuensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 128 (T from Lepthyphantes)