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; other subfamilies are Erigoninae Emerton, 1882: 7 and Mynogleninae Lehtinen, 1967: 250.

In synonymy:

Coniphantes Ivie, 1969 = Kaestneria Wiehle, 1956 (Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 113, by transfer of the type species)

Gen. Kaestneria Wiehle, 1956 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01036

N.B.: considered valid by Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 113, Millidge, 1984b: 241 and Merrett, Locket & Millidge, 1985: 399, contra Ivie, 1969: 64 (who considered it a subgenus of Bathyphantes Menge, 1866); not a junior synonym of Cresmatoneta Simon, 1929 (Millidge, 1984b: 241, contra Millidge, 1977: 46); considered a senior synonym of Coniphantes Ivie, 1969: 56 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06133] (type Linyphia pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863, subgenus of Bathyphantes) by Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 113 (by transfer of the type species).

Transferred to other genera:

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

Kaestneria leucophthalmus (Fage, 1946) -- see Cresmatoneta

Kaestneria minima Locket, 1982 -- see Microbathyphantes

Kaestneria rahmanni Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995 -- see Pacifiphantes

In synonymy:

Kaestneria anceps (Kulczyński, 1885, T from Bathyphantes) = Kaestneria pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863 (Marusik et al., 1993b: 75)

Kaestneria anthracina (Blackwall, 1852) = Kaestneria dorsalis Wider, 1834 (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874d: 328, sub Linyphia)

Kaestneria claytoniae (Blackwall, 1841) = Kaestneria dorsalis Wider, 1834 (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874d: 328, sub Linyphia)

Kaestneria colletti (Strand, 1899, T from Diplostyla) = Kaestneria pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863 (Eskov & Marusik, 1994: 67)

Kaestneria conica (Emerton, 1914, T from Oedothorax) = Kaestneria pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863 (Ivie, 1969: 57, sub Bathyphantes)

Kaestneria curcigera (Blackwall, 1863, T from Lepthyphantes) = Kaestneria pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863 (Bristowe, 1941: 514, sub Bathyphantes)

Kaestneria kuratai (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947, T from Bathyphantes) = Kaestneria pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863 (Ivie, 1969: 59, sub Bathyphantes anceps)

Kaestneria laminata (C. L. Koch, 1845, T from Micryphantes) = Kaestneria dorsalis Wider, 1834 (Simon, 1884a: 343, sub Bathyphantes)

Kaestneria pernix (Blackwall, 1852, T from Linyphia) = Kaestneria dorsalis Wider, 1834 (Hull, 1920b: 32, sub Bathyphantes)

Kaestneria quaterna (Walckenaer, 1841, T from Micryphantes) = Kaestneria dorsalis Wider, 1834 (Roewer, 1942a: 596, sub Stylophora)

Kaestneria schumaginensis (Keyserling, 1886, T from Erigone) = Kaestneria pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863 (Ivie, 1969: 59, sub Bathyphantes anceps)

Kaestneria vittata (Grube, 1859, T from Micryphantes) = Kaestneria dorsalis Wider, 1834 (Simon, 1884a: 343, sub Bathyphantes)

Kaestneria bicultrata Chen & Yin, 2000 | | China, Indonesia (Sumatra, Belitung Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037051

Kaestneria bicultrata Chen & Yin, 2000: 88, f. 17-20 (Df) Original description

Kaestneria bicultrata Yin et al., 2012: 502, f. 233a-d (f)

Kaestneria bicultrata Zhao & Li, 2014b: 27, f. 47A-D, 48A-E, 49A-B (Dm)

Kaestneria dorsalis (Wider, 1834) | | Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010954

Linyphia dorsalis Wider, 1834: 258, pl. 17, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Linyphia dorsalis Walckenaer, 1841: 274 (D)

Argus quaternus Walckenaer, 1841: 358 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059855]

Linyphia claytoniae Blackwall, 1841a: 664 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059856]

Micryphantes laminatus C. L. Koch, 1845: 149, f. 1070 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059857]

Linyphia pernix Blackwall, 1852b: 98 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059858]

Linyphia anthracina Blackwall, 1853: 18 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059859]

Micryphantes vittatus Grube, 1859: 467 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059860]

Linyphia dorsalis Westring, 1861: 139 (Dm)

Linyphia claytoniae Blackwall, 1864a: 233, pl. 16, f. 155 (Dmf)

Linyphia pernix Blackwall, 1864a: 239

Linyphia terricola Ohlert, 1867: 46 (mf; misidentified per Roewer, 1942a: 596)

Linyphia dorsalis Thorell, 1870a: 73

Linyphia dorsalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874d: 328 (S of Linyphia anthracina and L. claytoniae)

Bathyphantes dorsalis Simon, 1884a: 343, f. 116-117 (mf, S of Micryphantes laminatus and M. vittatus)

Bathyphantes dorsalis Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 73, pl. 3, f. 10 (mf)

Bathyphantes dorsalis Becker, 1896: 55, pl. 7, f. 5 (mf)

Bathyphantes dorsalis Bösenberg, 1901: 86, pl. 7, f. 98 (mf)

Bathyphantes dorsalis Hull, 1920b: 32 (S of Linyphia pernix)

Bathyphantes dorsalis Charitonov, 1926a: 265, f. 6 (f)

Stylophora dorsalis Simon, 1929: 639, 746

Stylophora dorsalis Roewer, 1942a: 596 (S of Micryphantes quaternus)

Bathyphantes dorsalis Locket & Millidge, 1953: 363, f. 218A, C, 220A-B (mf, T from Stylophora = Diplostyla)

Linyphia pernix Roewer, 1955c: 1545 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Kaestneria dorsalis Wiehle, 1956: 272, f. 450-454 (mf, T from Bathyphantes)

Diplostyla dorsalis Bonnet, 1956: 1491

Micryphantes quaternus Bonnet, 1957: 2911

Kaestneria dorsalis Merrett, 1963b: 367, f. 21A-B (m)

Diplostyla dorsalis Azheganova, 1968: 62, f. 122 (m; f see Uralophantes troitskensis)

Bathyphantes dorsalis Ivie, 1969: 65, f. 115 (m)

Bathyphantes dorsalis Tystshenko, 1971: 9, f. 15, 722 (mf)

Kaestneria dorsalis Miller, 1971: 216, pl. XLI, f. 12-13 (mf)

Kaestneria dorsalis Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 113 (T from Bathyphantes)

Kaestneria dorsalis Palmgren, 1975: 76, f. 17.4-7 (mf)

Kaestneria dorsalis Millidge, 1977: 45, f. 181 (m)

Kaestneria dorsalis Roberts, 1987: 140, f. 71a (mf)

Kaestneria dorsalis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 174, f. 470 (mf)

Kaestneria longissima (Zhu & Wen, 1983) | | Russia (Far East), China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010955

Bathyphantes longissima Zhu & Wen, 1983: 149, f. 1A-E (Dmf) Original description

Kaestneria longissima Eskov, 1984b: 1343, pl. 3, f. 1-2 (mf, T from Bathyphantes)

Bathyphantes longissima Song, 1987: 130, f. 91 (mf)

Kaestneria longissima Li, Song & Zhu, 1994: 79, f. 16-17 (f)

Kaestneria longissima Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995: 246, f. 76-81 (mf)

Kaestneria longissima Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 171, f. 100D-E, J-K (mf)

Kaestneria pullata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) | | North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Mongolia, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010957

Linyphia pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863: 8580 (Dmf) Original description

Linyphia crucigera Blackwall, 1863b: 265 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059852]

Linyphia pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873b: 446, pl. 34, f. 12 (mf)

Lepthyphantes cruciger Simon, 1884a: 329

Bathyphantes pullatus Simon, 1884a: 431, f. 113-115 (mf)

Bathyphantes anceps Kulczyński, 1885: 33, pl. 10, f. 13 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059849]

Erigone schumaginensis Keyserling, 1886b: 182, pl. 17, f. 241 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059854]

Stylophora colletti Strand, 1899: 25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059850]

Bathyphantes pullatus cruciger Hull, 1901: 366

Bathyphantes cruciger Jackson, 1907b: 404 (strongly marked form of B. pullatus)

Bathyphantes pullatus Smith, 1908b: 323, pl. 25, f. 8 (f)

Lepthyphantes cruciger Dahl, 1912b: 616 (Dm)

Tmeticus conicus Emerton, 1914: 263, pl. 8, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059851]

Bathyphantes conicus Crosby & Bishop, 1928b: 1043

Stylophora pullatus Simon, 1929: 640, 746

Bathyphantes pullatus Bristowe, 1941: 514 (S of Lepthyphantes cruciger)

Oedothorax conicus Roewer, 1942a: 645

Bathyphantes kuratai Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 54, f. 70-71 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059853]

Bathyphantes pullatus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 366, f. 218E, 220E-F (mf, T from Stylophora)

Erigone schumaginensis Roewer, 1955c: 1501 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Bathyphantes pullatus Wiehle, 1956: 270, f. 447-449 (mf)

Kaestneria pullata Merrett, 1963b: 368, f. 22A-D (m, T from Bathyphantes)

Bathyphantes pullatus Wiehle, 1967b: 187, f. 18-19 (f)

Diplostyla pullatus Azheganova, 1968: 62, f. 121, 123 (mf, T from Kaestneria, rejected)

Bathyphantes (Coniphantes) pullatus Ivie, 1969: 57, f. 116-120 (mf, S of Oedothorax conicus)

Bathyphantes (Coniphantes) anceps Ivie, 1969: 59 (S of Bathyphantes kuratai and Erigone schumaginensis, the latter removed from nomen dubium)

Bathyphantes pullatus Tystshenko, 1971: 227, f. 723 (f)

Bathyphantes pullatus Miller, 1971: 218, pl. XLII, f. 2 (f)

Kaestneria pullata Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 113 (T from Bathyphantes)

Kaestneria pullata Palmgren, 1975: 76, f. 17.1-3 (mf)

Kaestneria pullata Millidge, 1977: 45, f. 178 (m)

Kaestneria pullata Thaler, 1983a: 140, f. 41 (m)

Kaestneria pullata Millidge, 1984b: 242, f. 53 (f)

Kaestneria pullata Roberts, 1987: 140, f. 71b (mf)

Kaestneria pullata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 174, f. 469 (mf)

Kaestneria pullata Marusik et al., 1993b: 75 (S of Bathyphantes anceps)

Kaestneria pullata Eskov & Marusik, 1994: 67 (S of Diplostyla colletti)

Kaestneria pullata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 181, f. 100F-G, L (mf)

Kaestneria anceps Buckle et al., 2001: 127 (regarded as valid)

Kaestneria pullata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 140, f. 1544-1546 (mf)

Kaestneria pullata Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 335, f. 1161-1165 (mf)

Kaestneria pullata Wang et al., 2015c: 143, f. 3f (f)

Kaestneria pullata Breitling et al., 2020: 43, 5 (f)

Kaestneria rufula (Hackman, 1954) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010959

Bathyphantes rufulus Hackman, 1954: 13, f. 6-13 (Dmf) Original description

Bathyphantes (Coniphantes) rufulus Ivie, 1969: 60, f. 112-114 (mf)

Kaestneria rufula Crawford, 1988: 22 (T from Bathyphantes)

Kaestneria rufula Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 140, f. 1547-1549 (mf)

Kaestneria torrentum (Kulczyński, 1882) | | Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010960

Linyphia torrentum Kulczyński, 1882b: 10, pl. 1, f. 6 (Dmf) Original description

Bathyphantes torrentum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 130, f. 339 (mf)

Bathyphantes torrentum Simon, 1884a: 351

Bathyphantes torrentum Miller, 1971: 218, pl. XLV, f. 1-2 (mf)

Kaestneria torrentum Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 114 (T from Bathyphantes)

Coniphantes torrentum Staręga, 1976: 262 (T from Kaestneria, but without T of the type species of Coniphantes)

Kaestneria valentissima Irfan & Peng, 2018 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050426

Kaestneria valentissima Irfan & Peng, 2018: 233, f. 3A-D, 4A-D, 5A-E, 6A-E (Dmf) Original description