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:

Kuala Locket, 1982 = Locketina Kocak & Kemal, 2006 (Kocak & Kemal, 2006: 6, preoccupied, replacement name)

Locketella Özdikmen, 2007 = Locketina Kocak & Kemal, 2006 (, objective synonym, see also Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3)

Gen. Locketina Kocak & Kemal, 2006 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03670
type Kuala versa Locket, 1982; gender feminine
N.B.: replacement name for Kuala Locket, 1982: 370 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01044], preoccupied in Nematoda by Durette-Desset & Krishnasamy, 1976; objective senior synonym of Locketella Özdikmen, 2007: 138 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03553], superfluous replacement name.
Locketina fissivulva (Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992) | | Brunei (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010973
Kuala fissivulva Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992: 1393, f. 69-70 (Df) Original description
Locketina murphyorum Tanasevitch, 2022 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054367
Locketina murphyorum Tanasevitch, 2022d: 202, f. 4-13, 22-27 (Dmf) Original description
Locketina pusilla (Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992) | | Brunei (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010974
Kuala pusilla Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992: 1392, f. 67-68 (Df) Original description
Locketina versa (Locket, 1982) | | Malaysia (penisula) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010975 TYPE SPECIES
Kuala versa Locket, 1982: 370, f. 44-54 (Dmf) Original description
Locketina versa Tanasevitch, 2022d: 204, f. 28-30 (mf)

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