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:

Alaxchelicera Butler, 1932 = Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886 (Scharff & Hormiga, 2013: 194)

Aulacocyba Simon, 1926 = Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886 (Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 176)

Gen. Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01098

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Aulacocyba Simon, 1926: 441, 518 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05425] (type Erigone subitanea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) by Prószyński & Starega, 1971: 176 (through T of type species), contra Wunderlich, 1970: 407, who considered that name a junior synonym of Tapinocyba Simon, 1884 instead, and of Alaxchelicera Butler, 1932: 108 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00824] (type A. ordinaria Butler, 1932 = Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)) by Scharff & Hormiga, 2013: 194.

In synonymy:

Microctenonyx alexandrina (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873, T from Tapinocyba) = Microctenonyx subitaneus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 (Bosmans, 1994a: 234)

Microctenonyx domiciliorum (Emerton, 1911, T from Lophocarenum) = Microctenonyx subitaneus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 (Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 131, sub Aulacocyba )

Microctenonyx maderianus (Schenkel, 1938, T from Gongylidiellum) = Microctenonyx subitaneus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 (Millidge, 1977: 55, sub Aulacocyba)

Microctenonyx ordinarius (Butler, 1932, T from Alaxchelicera) = Microctenonyx subitaneus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 (Scharff & Hormiga, 2013: 194)

Microctenonyx parisiensis (Simon, 1884) = Microctenonyx subitaneus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 (Millidge, 1977: 55, sub Aulacocyba)

Microctenonyx pulicarius (Thorell, 1875, T from Diplocephalus) = Microctenonyx subitaneus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 (Millidge, 1977: 55, sub Aulacocyba)

Microctenonyx apuliae (Caporiacco, 1951) | | Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011794

Aulacocyba apuliae Caporiacco, 1951a: 77, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Microctenonyx apuliae Brignoli, 1983c: 346

Microctenonyx cavifrons (Caporiacco, 1935) | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011795

Aulacocyba cavifrons Caporiacco, 1935b: 176, pl. 1, f. 21 (Dmf) Original description

Microctenonyx evansae (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980) | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011796

Aulacocyba evansae Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980: 72, f. 61-67 (Dm) Original description

Microctenonyx evansae Brignoli, 1983c: 346

Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) | | Europe, Macaronesia, North Africa to Kyrgyzstan. Introduced to USA, Chile, Argentina, Kenya, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011797

Erigone alexandrina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873a: 755, pl. 65, f. 12 (Dmf; suppressed for lack of use under ICZN Article 79, see Bosmans, 1994a: 234) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058637]

Erigone pulicaria Thorell, 1875b: 64 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058640]

Erigone pulicaria Thorell, 1875c: 47 (Dmf)

Erigone subitanea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875e: 249, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Walckenaera subitanea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 144

Plaesiocraerus pulicarius Simon, 1884a: 777

Tapinocyba subitanea Simon, 1884a: 783, f. 697-699 (m, Df)

Tapinocyba parisiensis Simon, 1884a: 784, f. 700-701 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058639]

Tapinocyba alexandrina Simon, 1884a: 784

Dactylopisthes pauper Simon, 1884a: 593 (f; misidentified per Bosmans, 2007: 118)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Dahl, 1886: 80

Tapinocyba subitanea Becker, 1896: 148, pl. 12, f. 5 (mf)

Tapinocyba subitanea Smith, 1901a: 333, p. 334: f. 1d, 2d (m)

Tapinocyba subitanea Bösenberg, 1902: 207, pl. 18, f. 290 (m)

Tapinocyba subitanea Lessert, 1904: 319, pl. 5, f. 19-20 (mf)

Tapinocyba subitanea Jackson, 1905: 254, pl. 7, f. 1a-b, 2a-b, 3a-b, 4a-b, 5b, 6b, 7, 8a-b (mf, S of Tapinocyba parisiensis; rejected by Simon, 1926: 441)

Lophocarenum domiciliorum Emerton, 1911: 392, pl. 3, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058636]

Tapinocyba alexandrina Simon, 1926: 399, f. 709 (m)

Aulacocyba subitanea Simon, 1926: 441, 518, f. 780 (mf)

Aulacocyba parisiensis Simon, 1926: 441, 518 (revalidated, rejecting Jackson, 1905: 254)

Alioranus pauper Simon, 1926: 371, f. 662 (f; misidentified per Bosmans, 2007: 118)

Alaxchelicera ordinaria Butler, 1932: 108, pl. 2, f. 14-17 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009372]

Troxochrus subitaneus Hull, 1933: 108

Aulacocyba subitanea Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 131, pl. 4, f. 93-98 (mf, S of Lophocarenum domiciliorum)

Gongylidiellum maderianum Schenkel, 1938a: 13, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058638]

Aulacocyba subitanea Denis, 1948a: 29, f. 20-21 (m)

Aulacocyba subitanea Hackman, 1952b: 73, f. 3a-d (m)

Aulacocyba subitanea Locket & Millidge, 1953: 270, f. 163A-B, E, G (mf)

Aulacocyba subitanea Tullgren, 1955: 312, f. 17a-g (mf)

Aulacocyba subitanea Brændegaard, 1958: 49, f. 44-46 (mf)

Aulacocyba subitanea Wiehle, 1960a: 458, f. 846-853 (mf)

Aulacocyba subitanea Merrett, 1963b: 409, f. 82 (m)

Aulacocyba subitanea Miller, 1971: 274, pl. LVII, f. 10, pl. LVIII, f. 4 (mf)

Aulacocyba subitanea Georgescu, 1973a: 127, f. 14, 17, 20 (m)

Aulacocyba subitanea Palmgren, 1976: 43, f. 17.21-24 (mf)

Aulacocyba subitanea Millidge, 1977: 37, f. 140, 144 (m, S of Diplocephalus pulicarius and Gongylidiellum maderianum, S of Aulacocyba parisiensis, confirming Jackson, 1905: 254, rejecting Simon, 1926: 441)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Roberts, 1987: 75, f. 31h, 32b (mf)

Tapinocyba subitanea Wunderlich, 1987a: 167, f. 456 (f)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Millidge, 1988a: 62, f. 301, 308-311 (mf)

Microctenonyx subitanea Scharff, 1990b: 135

Microctenonyx subitaneus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 216, f. 583 (mf)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Bosmans, 1994a: 234 (S of Tapinocyba alexandrina)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Agnarsson, 1996: 94, f. 89A-C (mf)

Microctenonyx subitanea Bosmans, 2007: 133, f. 109-115 (mf)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Miller, 2007a: 159, f. 123A-F, 124B (mf)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Gnelitsa, 2009a: 195, f. 4a-g (m)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Scharff & Hormiga, 2013: 194, f. 1-3 (m, S of Alaxchelicera ordinaria)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Grismado, Peralta & Porta, 2020: 53, f. 3a-d (f)

Microctenonyx subitaneus Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2023: 70, f. 22 (f)