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.

Gen. Mecopisthes Simon, 1926 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01081

N.B.: Lecigne, 2014: 26 (f. 19A-B) shows an unidentified f.

Transferred to other genera:

Mecopisthes dahli (Lessert, 1909) -- see Hypsocephalus

Mecopisthes huberti Millidge, 1975 -- see Hypsocephalus

Mecopisthes nesiotes (Simon, 1914) -- see Hypsocephalus

Mecopisthes paulae (Simon, 1918) -- see Hypsocephalus

Mecopisthes perpusillus Miller, 1966 -- see Hypsocephalus

Mecopisthes pusillus (Menge, 1869) -- see Hypsocephalus

Nomen dubium:

Mecopisthes pictonicus Denis, 1950a: 254, f. 3-4 (f, France) -- Lecigne et al., 2022: 15

Mecopisthes alter Thaler, 1991 | | Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011540

Mecopisthes alter Thaler, 1991a: 172, f. 22-27, 29-34 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes alter Wunderlich, 2008e: 688, f. 17 (m)

Mecopisthes crassirostris (Simon, 1884) | | Portugal, France urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011541

Cnephalocotes crassirostris Simon, 1884a: 707, f. 571-573 (Dm) Original description

Cnephalocotes crassirostris Simon, 1894a: 650, f. 627-628 (m)

Mecopisthes crassirostris Simon, 1926: 351, 486, f. 615-616 (m, Df)

Mecopisthes crassirostris Denis, 1950a: 255, f. 5 (f)

Mecopisthes crassirostris Millidge, 1978a: 113, f. 3, 12 (m)

Mecopisthes crassirostris Bosmans, Cardoso & Crespo, 2010: 29, f. 50-56 (mf)

Mecopisthes daiarum Bosmans, 1994 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011542

Mecopisthes daiarum Bosmans in Bosmans & Chergui, 1994: 344, f. 1-8, 23 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes jacquelinae Bosmans, 1994 | | Morocco urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011543

Mecopisthes jacquelinae Bosmans in Bosmans & Chergui, 1994: 352, f. 26-28 (Df) Original description

Mecopisthes jacquelinae Bosmans, 2007: 131, f. 96-102 (f, Dm)

Mecopisthes latinus Millidge, 1978 | | Switzerland, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011544

Mecopisthes latinus Millidge, 1978a: 116, f. 4-6, 13, 17, 21-22 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes latinus van Helsdingen, 1982b: 170, f. 15-17 (m)

Mecopisthes latinus Hänggi, 1990: 157, f. 8-10 (f)

Mecopisthes millidgei Wunderlich, 1995 | | Italy (Sardinia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011545

Mecopisthes millidgei Wunderlich, 1995a: 370, f. 31-36 (Dm) Original description

Mecopisthes monticola Bosmans, 1994 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011546

Mecopisthes monticola Bosmans in Bosmans & Chergui, 1994: 346, f. 9-15, 24 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes nasutus Wunderlich, 1995 | | Greece (incl. Crete) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011547

Mecopisthes nasutus Wunderlich, 1995t: 664, f. 55-62 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes nasutus Bosmans et al., 2013: 13, f. 11-17 (mf)

Mecopisthes nasutus Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 56, f. 29A-E (mf)

Mecopisthes nicaeensis (Simon, 1884) | | Spain, France, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011548

Lophocarenum nicaeense Simon, 1884a: 683, f. 539-541 (Dm) Original description

Minyriolus nicaeensis Simon, 1926: 353, 487, f. 619-620 (m)

Mecopisthes nicaensis Millidge, 1977: 23, f. 78, 84 (Tm from Minyriolus)

Mecopisthes nicaensis Millidge, 1978a: 113, f. 16 (m)

Mecopisthes nicaeensis Thaler, 1993: 642, f. 4-5 (m)

Mecopisthes nicaeensis Hansen, 1995: 32, f. 23-24 (f)

Mecopisthes nicaensis Barrientos, Uribarri & García-Sarrión, 2014: 4, f. 1 (m)

Mecopisthes nicaeensis Barrientos, Uribarri & García-Sarrión, 2015: 62, f. 3f-g (Df)

Mecopisthes sp. Lecigne, 2018b: 64, f. 4A-E (f; to this species per Breitling, 2020: 347)

Mecopisthes nicaeensis Breitling, 2020: 347, f. 19A (f)

Mecopisthes orientalis Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986 | | Turkmenistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011549

Mecopisthes orientalis Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986: 37, pl. 4, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes orientalis Tanasevitch, 1989a: 138, f. 152-155 (mf)

Mecopisthes paludicola Bosmans, 1994 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011550

Mecopisthes paludicola Bosmans in Bosmans & Chergui, 1994: 349, f. 16-22, 25 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes peuceticus Caporiacco, 1951 | | Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011551

Mecopisthes peuceticus Caporiacco, 1951a: 81, f. 6a-d (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes peuceticus Millidge, 1978a: 113, f. 11 (m)

Mecopisthes peusi Wunderlich, 1972 | | Europe, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia), Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011552

Cnephalocotes silus Carpenter, 1900: 201, f. 6-15 (mf, misidentified)

Cnephalocotes silus Smith, 1901a: 334, f. 1j, 2i (m; misidentified)

Cnephalocotes pusillus Jackson, 1908: 64, pl. 4, f. 28-29 (f, misidentified)

Mecopisthes pusillus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 253, f. 154B, D-G (mf, misidentified, name removed from S of Meioneta tenera, S M. silus, rejected)

Mecopisthes silus Merrett, 1963b: 422, f. 101A-B (m, misidentified)

Mecopisthes peusi Wunderlich, 1972b: 301, f. 18-23 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes peusi Millidge, 1977: 24, f. 77 (m)

Mecopisthes peusi Miller & Svatoň, 1978: 17, pl. VIII, f. 1-3 (f)

Mecopisthes peusi Millidge, 1978a: 113, f. 7, 14-15, 20, 34 (mf)

Mecopisthes peusi Roberts, 1987: 67, f. 27f, 28a (mf)

Mecopisthes peusi Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 208, f. 561 (mf)

Mecopisthes peusi Wunderlich, 2008e: 688, f. 15 (m)

Mecopisthes peusi Seropian et al., 2023: 250, f. 42-43 (mf)

Mecopisthes pumilio Wunderlich, 2008 | | Switzerland urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042025

Mecopisthes cf. silus Hänggi, 1990: 158, f. 11-13 (mf)

Mecopisthes pumilio Wunderlich, 2008e: 689, f. 10-14 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes rhomboidalis Gao, Zhu & Gao, 1993 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037587

Mecopisthes rhomboidalis Gao, Zhu & Gao, 1993: 40, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Mecopisthes silus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) | | Europe, Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011554

Erigone sila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873a: 753, pl. 65, f. 7 (Dmf) Original description

Cnephalocotes pusillus Simon, 1884a: 706, f. 567-570 (mf, misidentified)

Cnephalocotes silus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 119, pl. 4, f. 41 (mf)

Mecopisthes silus Simon, 1926: 351, 486, f. 612-614 (mf)

Mecopisthes silus Denis, 1950a: 255, f. 6 (f)

Mecopisthes silus Wiehle, 1960a: 87, f. 141-149 (mf)

Mecopisthes silus Miller, 1966: 152, pl. II, f. 1-7 (mf)

Mecopisthes silus Tystshenko, 1971: 256, f. 791 (f)

Mecopisthes silus Miller, 1971: 270, pl. LVII, f. 23-25 (mf)

Mecopisthes silus Wunderlich, 1972b: 302, f. 24-28 (removed mf from S)

Mecopisthes silus Millidge, 1978a: 113, f. 1-2, 8-10, 18-19 (mf)

Mecopisthes silus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 208, f. 560 (mf)

Mecopisthes silus Wunderlich, 2008e: 688, f. 16 (m)

Mecopisthes silus Barrientos, Uribarri & García-Sarrión, 2015: 62, f. 3a-e (mf)

Mecopisthes silus Lecigne, 2016d: 19, f. 9A (f)

Mecopisthes silus Danışman, Coşar & Kunt, 2020: 16, 4A-C (m)

Mecopisthes tokumotoi Oi, 1964 | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011555

Mecopisthes tokumotoi Oi, 1964: 24, f. 12-17 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes tokumotoi Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 268, f. 132-136 (mf)

Mecopisthes tokumotoi Suzuki, 2018b: 59, f. 1d-e (m)