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. Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01091

N.B.: Brignoli, 1983c: 308 considered this original spelling a lapsus for Metalepthyphantes, but Locket also used the spelling Leptyphantes.

In synonymy:

Metaleptyphantes bicornis Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 = Metaleptyphantes machadoi Locket, 1968 (Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983: 602)

Metaleptyphantes bifoliatus Locket, 1968 | | Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011739

Metaleptyphantes bifoliatus Locket, 1968: 107, f. 32A-F (Df) Original description

Metaleptyphantes cameroonensis Bosmans, 1986 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011740

Metaleptyphantes cameroonensis Bosmans, 1986a: 179, f. 4a-i (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes carinatus Locket, 1968 | | Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011741

Metaleptyphantes carinatus Locket, 1968: 106, f. 31A-D (Df) Original description

Metaleptyphantes clavator Locket, 1968 | | Congo, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011742

Metaleptyphantes clavator Locket, 1968: 102, f. 28A-E, 29A-C (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes dentiferens Bosmans, 1979 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011743

Metaleptyphantes dentiferens Bosmans, 1979: 63, f. 3a-i (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes dentifer Saaristo in Marusik & Koponen, 2008a: 10, pl. 3 (m)

Metaleptyphantes dubius Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011744

Metaleptyphantes dubius Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980: 87, f. 126-127 (Df) Original description

Metaleptyphantes familiaris Jocqué, 1984 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011745

Metaleptyphantes familiaris Jocqué, 1984b: 142, f. 51-53, 56-59 (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes foulfouldei Bosmans, 1986 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011746

Metaleptyphantes foulfouldei Bosmans, 1986a: 177, f. 3a-g (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes kraepelini (Simon, 1905) | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011747

Bathyphantes kraepelini Simon, 1905c: 58 (Df) Original description

Metaleptyphantes kraepelini van Helsdingen, 1985b: 26, f. 22-24 (f, T from Bathyphantes)

Metaleptyphantes machadoi Locket, 1968 | | Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011748

Metaleptyphantes machadoi Locket, 1968: 99, f. 26A-E, 27A-F (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes machadoi Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980: 85, f. 115-123 (mf)

Metaleptyphantes bicornis Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980: 86, f. 124-125 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060520]

Metaleptyphantes machadoi Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983: 602, f. 8a-j (f, S of Metaleptyphantes bicornis)

Metaleptyphantes machadoi Jocqué, 1983b: 629, f. 18-19 (m)

Metaleptyphantes ovatus Scharff, 1990 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011749

Metaleptyphantes ovatus Scharff, 1990a: 57, f. 139-153 (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes perexiguus (Simon & Fage, 1922) | | Africa, Comoros urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011750

Lepthyphantes perexiguus Simon & Fage, 1922: 545, f. 9.1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes perexiguus Locket, 1968: 110, f. 34A-E, 35A-F (mf, T from Lepthyphantes)

Metaleptyphantes perexiguus Jocqué, 1984b: 144, f. 54-55 (m)

Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968 | | Angola, Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011751

Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968: 109, f. 33A-D (Df) Original description

Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Saaristo, 2002: 13, f. 31-32 (Dm)

Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Saaristo, 2010: 79, f. 13.4-5 (mf)

Metaleptyphantes triangulatus Holm, 1968 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011752

Metaleptyphantes triangulatus Holm, 1968b: 43, f. 70-72 (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes uncinatus Holm, 1968 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011753

Metaleptyphantes uncinatus Holm, 1968b: 42, f. 67-69 (Dmf) Original description

Metaleptyphantes vates Jocqué, 1983 | | Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011754

Metaleptyphantes vates Jocqué, 1983b: 630, f. 20-22 (Df) Original description

Metaleptyphantes vicinus Locket, 1968 | | Kenya, Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011755

Metaleptyphantes vicinus Locket, 1968: 104, f. 30A-E (Dmf) Original description