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:

Bonnetiella Caporiacco, 1949 = Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 4)

Pusillia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 = Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928 (Wiehle, 1956: 297)

Gen. Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01100

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Linyphia Latreille, 1804 by Wiehle, 1956: 297; considered a senior synonym of Pusillia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 23 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05395] (type Linyphia mandibulata Emerton, 1882) by Wiehle, 1956: 297 and of Bonnetiella Caporiacco, 1949a: 358 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05394] (type B. singularis Caporiacco, 1949 = Microlinyphia sterilis (Pavesi, 1883)) by van Helsdingen, 1970: 4.

In synonymy:

Microlinyphia africanibia (Strand, 1913, T from Linyphia) = Microlinyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 18)

Microlinyphia ampullacea (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Theridion) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (Thorell, 1870a: 50, sub Linyphia)

Microlinyphia baltistana (Caporiacco, 1934, T from Linyphia) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 9)

Microlinyphia bonita (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 9)

Microlinyphia carnica (Caporiacco, 1922, T from Linyphia) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 9)

Microlinyphia cayuga (Emerton, 1914) = Microlinyphia impigra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Wiehle, 1956: 331, sub Linyphia)

Microlinyphia circumcincta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) = Microlinyphia impigra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881a: 578, sub Linyphia)

Microlinyphia culta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) = Microlinyphia impigra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Pack-Beresford, 1929: 42, sub Linyphia)

Microlinyphia fuliginea (Blackwall, 1833) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874d: 329, sub Linyphia)

Microlinyphia globosa (Wider, 1834) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (Simon, 1929: 744, sub Linyphia)

Microlinyphia inexplicabilis (Denis, 1941) = Microlinyphia johnsoni Blackwall, 1859 (Wunderlich, 1987a: 147)

Microlinyphia interpolis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904, T from Linyphia) = Microlinyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 17)

Microlinyphia lineata (Blackwall, 1862, T from Tetragnatha) = Microlinyphia johnsoni Blackwall, 1859 (Wunderlich, 1987a: 147)

Microlinyphia maeklini (Thorell, 1875, T from Linyphia) = Microlinyphia impigra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 51)

Microlinyphia mandibulata provoana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) = Microlinyphia mandibulata Emerton, 1882 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 39)

Microlinyphia parenzani (Caporiacco, 1932, T from Lepthyphantes) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (van Helsdingen, 1982b: 169)

Microlinyphia pascuensis (Walckenaer, 1841) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (Simon, 1884a: 241, sub Linyphia )

Microlinyphia pratensis (Wider, 1834) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (Westring, 1851: 37, sub Linyphia )

Microlinyphia pusilla quadripunctata (Strand, 1903) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 39)

Microlinyphia ramblae Schmidt, 1975 = Microlinyphia johnsoni Blackwall, 1859 (Wunderlich, 1987a: 147)

Microlinyphia signata (Hahn, 1834) = Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830 (Thorell, 1870a: 50, sub Linyphia)

Microlinyphia singularis (Caporiacco, 1949, T from Bonnetiella) = Microlinyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 18)

Microlinyphia suspiciosa (Pavesi, 1833, T from Linyphia) = Microlinyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883 (van Helsdingen, 1970: 17)

Microlinyphia aethiopica (Tullgren, 1910) | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011816

Linyphia aethiopica Tullgren, 1910: 145, pl. 3, f. 65 (Dmf) Original description

Linyphia aethiopica Caporiacco, 1949a: 353, f. 20a-b (f)

Microlinyphia aethiopica van Helsdingen, 1970: 57, f. 49-54 (mf, T from Linyphia)

Microlinyphia cylindriformis Jocqué, 1985 | | Comoros urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011817

Microlinyphia cylindriformis Jocqué, 1985b: 222, f. 69-73, 75-77 (Dmf) Original description

Microlinyphia dana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011818

Pusillia dana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 25 (Dmf) Original description

Microlinyphia dana van Helsdingen, 1970: 45, f. 34, 38-41 (mf)

Microlinyphia dana Hormiga, 1994b: 4, f. 10A-C, 11A-E (m)

Microlinyphia dana Hormiga, 2000: 86, pl. 9A-F (m)

Microlinyphia delesserti (Caporiacco, 1949) | | Tanzania, Uganda, Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011819

Linyphia sterilis Lessert, 1915a: 10, pl. 1, f. 6, 12, 18 (mf, misidentified)

Linyphia delesserti Caporiacco, 1949a: 353 (name for Lessert's specimens) Original description

Microlinyphia delesserti van Helsdingen, 1970: 62, f. 55-64 (Tmf from Linyphia)

Microlinyphia impigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) | | North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011820

Linyphia impigra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871a: 422, pl. 55, f. 18 (Dm) Original description

Linyphia circumcincta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871a: 423 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060258]

Linyphia mäklinii Thorell, 1875b: 60 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060110]

Linyphia mäklinii Thorell, 1875c: 16 (Df)

Linyphia impigra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881a: 578 (S of Linyphia circumcincta)

Linyphia culta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893a: 152, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060259]

Linyphia impigra Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 58, pl. 2, f. 26 (Dm, f)

Linyphia cayuga Emerton, 1914: 264, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060106]

Emenista culta Simon, 1926: 470

Linyphia impigra Simon, 1929: 638, 745, f. 988 (mf)

Linyphia impigra Pack-Beresford, 1929: 42 (S of Linyphia culta)

Linyphia cayuga Blauvelt, 1936: 127, pl. 10, f. 70-74 (mf)

Pusillia cayuga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 26 (T from Linyphia)

Linyphia impigra Locket & Millidge, 1953: 401, f. 237H, 239D, 240F (mf)

Linyphia impigra Wiehle, 1956: 327, f. 540-544 (mf, S of Linyphia/Pusillia cayuga)

Linyphia impigra Casemir, 1962: 19, pl. I, f. 5 (f)

Linyphia impigra Merrett, 1963b: 375, f. 31A-E (m)

Microlinyphia impigra van Helsdingen, 1969: 288, f. 13-16, 402-408 (mf, T from Linyphia)

Microlinyphia impigra van Helsdingen, 1970: 50, f. 42-48 (mf, S of Linyphia maeklini)

Linyphia impigra Tystshenko, 1971: 230, f. 735, 739 (mf)

Linyphia impigra Miller, 1971: 222, pl. LXII, f. 27-28 (mf)

Microlinyphia impigra Palmgren, 1975: 86, f. 20.9-11 (mf)

Linyphia impigra Minoranskii, Ponomarev & Gramotenko, 1980: 32, f. 1 (f)

Microlinyphia impigra Millidge, 1984b: 239, f. 9 (f)

Microlinyphia impigra Roberts, 1987: 164, f. 86c (mf)

Linyphia impigra Zhou & Song, 1987: 17, f. 1a-d (f)

Linyphia impigra Hu & Wu, 1989: 154, f. 127.1-3 (f)

Linyphia impigra Izmailova, 1989: 75, f. 54-55 (mf)

Microlinyphia impigra Tanasevitch, 1990: 99, f. 27.15-17 (mf)

Microlinyphia impigra Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 218, f. 585 (mf)

Microlinyphia impigra Millidge, 1993c: 152, f. 47 (m)

Microlinyphia impigra Roberts, 1995: 370, f. (mf)

Microlinyphia impigra Roberts, 1998: 381, f. (mf)

Microlinyphia impigra Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 187, f. 106K-L (f)

Microlinyphia johnsoni (Blackwall, 1859) | | Azores, Madeira, Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011821

Linyphia johnsoni Blackwall, 1859b: 261 (Df) Original description

Tetragnatha lineata Blackwall, 1862a: 379 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060109]

Linyphia johnsoni Kulczyński, 1899: 384, pl. 7, f. 59, 61-62, 65-66 (f, Dm)

Linyphia inexplicabilis Denis, 1941a: 113, f. 3-4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060107]

Microlinyphia johnsoni van Helsdingen, 1970: 24, f. 14-18, 20 (mf, T from Linyphia)

Microlinyphia inexplicabilis van Helsdingen, 1970: 29, f. 19 (f, T from Linyphia)

Microlinyphia ramblae Schmidt, 1975b: 234, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060113]

Microlinyphia johnsoni Wunderlich, 1987a: 147 (S of Microlinyphia inexplicabilis, M. ramblae and Tetragnatha lineata)

Microlinyphia johnsoni Wunderlich, 1992a: 382, f. 434a-c (mf)

Microlinyphia mandibulata (Emerton, 1882) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011822

Linyphia mandibulata Emerton, 1882: 64, pl. 19, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Linyphia mandibulata Emerton, 1902: 139, f. 325-329 (mf)

Pusillia mandibulata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 24 (T from Linyphia, removed from S of L. pusilla, contra Simon, 1929: 744)

Pusillia mandibulata provoana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 24 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060111]

Linyphia pusilla Kaston, 1948: 124, f. 231-236 (mf; misidentified)

Pusillia mandibulata Hackman, 1954: 10, f. 120 (m)

Microlinyphia mandibulata van Helsdingen, 1970: 39, f. 28-33, 37 (mf, S of Microlinyphia mandibulata provoana)

Microlinyphia mandibulata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 143, f. 1580-1582 (mf)

Microlinyphia mandibulata punctata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011823

Pusillia mandibulata punctata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 24 (Dmf) Original description

Microlinyphia mandibulata punctata van Helsdingen, 1970: 44

Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall, 1830) | | North America, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011824

Linyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830: 214 (Dmf) Original description

Linyphia fuliginea Blackwall, 1833: 349 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060263]

Theridion signatum Hahn, 1834: 40, f. 125 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060264]

Linyphia pratensis Wider, 1834: 251, pl. 17, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060265]

Linyphia globosa Wider, 1834: 252, pl. 17, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060266]

Theridion ampullaceum Walckenaer, 1837: 336 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060267]

Linyphia pascuensis Walckenaer, 1841: 251 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060268]

Linyphia globosa Walckenaer, 1841: 272 (Dm)

Linyphia pratensis C. L. Koch, 1845: 121, f. 1043-1046 (f)

Linyphia signata C. L. Koch, 1850: 18

Linyphia pusilla Westring, 1851: 37 (S of Linyphia pratensis)

Linyphia fuliginea Blackwall, 1864a: 216, pl. 15, f. 142 (m, Df)

Linyphia pusilla Menge, 1866: 109, pl. 19, f. 36 (mf)

Linyphia pratensis Ohlert, 1867: 45 (Dm)

Linyphia pusilla Thorell, 1870a: 50 (S of Linyphia signata and Theridion ampullaceum)

Linyphia pusilla O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874d: 329 (S of Linyphia fuliginea)

Linyphia pusilla Simon, 1884a: 241 (S of Linyphia pascuensis)

Linyphia pusilla Keyserling, 1886b: 55, pl. 12, f. 163 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 58, pl. 2, f. 25 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Becker, 1896: 27, pl. 4, f. 2 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Bösenberg, 1901: 70, pl. 6, f. 72 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla quadripunctata Strand, 1903a: 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011825]

Poeciloneta globosa Strand, 1907e: 227 (S of Poeciloneta variegata; revalidated by Simon, 1929: 740)

Linyphia pusilla Engelhardt, 1910: 64, f. 20 (f)

Linyphia pusilla Comstock, 1912: 398, f. 411-412 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Fedotov, 1912a: 71, f. 13 (f)

Linyphia carnica Caporiacco, 1922: 81, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060105]

Linyphia pusilla Simon, 1929: 638, 744, f. 985-987 (mf, S of Linyphia globosa and L. mandibulata; L. mandibulata revalidated by Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 24)

Lepthyphantes parenzani Caporiacco, 1932b: 95, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060112]

Linyphia baltistana Caporiacco, 1934a: 158, pl. 3, f. 10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060103]

Linyphia pusilla Saito, 1934b: 307, pl. 15, f. 57 (f)

Linyphia pusilla Blauvelt, 1936: 130, pl. 11, f. 75-79 (mf)

Pusillia pusilla Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 26 (T from Linyphia)

Pusillia bonita Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 26, f. 41-42 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060104]

Linyphia pusilla Locket & Millidge, 1953: 400, f. 237D, 239A, 241C (mf)

Pusillia pusilla Hackman, 1954: 10, f. 121 (m)

Linyphia pusilla Wiehle, 1956: 331, f. 545-550 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Saito, 1959: 78, f. 78a-j (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Merrett, 1963b: 376, f. 32A-E (m)

Neolinyphia pusilla Yaginuma, 1966d: 35 (T from Pusillia = Microlinyphia, rejected by van Helsdingen, 1970: 9)

Linyphia pusilla Azheganova, 1968: 67, f. 137-139 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu, 1969: 75, pl. II, f. 6a-b (f)

Microlinyphia pusilla van Helsdingen, 1970: 9, f. 1-8 (mf, S of Linyphia baltistana, L. carnica and Microlinyphia bonita)

Linyphia pusilla Tystshenko, 1971: 9, f. 13, 742 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Miller, 1971: 222, pl. XLII, f. 27, pl. XLIII, f. 1-2 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Palmgren, 1975: 85, f. 20.5-8 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Punda, 1975b: 12, f. 13 (m)

Linyphia pusilla Legotai & Sekerskaya, 1982: 50, f. IV.3-4 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla van Helsdingen, 1982b: 169 (S of Lepthyphantes parenzani)

Microlinyphia pusilla Millidge, 1984b: 239, f. 7 (f)

Microlinyphia pusilla Song, 1987: 1134, f. 95 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Roberts, 1987: 164, f. 86b (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Hu & Wu, 1989: 158, f. 130.1-5 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Legotai & Sekerskaya, 1989: 227, f. LXX.3-4 (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Izmailova, 1989: 77, f. 58 (f)

Microlinyphia pusilla Tanasevitch, 1990: 99, f. 27.12-14 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 216, f. 584 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Millidge, 1993c: 150, f. 42 (f)

Microlinyphia pusilla Roberts, 1995: 369, f. (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Zhao, 1995: 874, f. 413a-e (mf)

Linyphia pusilla Mcheidze, 1997: 300, f. 693-696 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Roberts, 1998: 380, f. (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 187, f. 106M-O, Q (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Hu, 2001: 524, f. 350.1-4 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 143, f. 1583-1585 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Bosmans, 2006a: 143, f. 55-58 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 342, f. 1267-1268 (mf)

Microlinyphia pusilla Nentwig et al., 2019: 39 (S of Microlinyphia pusilla quadripunctata, confirms van Helsdingen, 1970: 11 'colour-variety')

Microlinyphia pusilla Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 168, f. 194A-D, 195A-C, 196A-D (mf)

Microlinyphia rehaiensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057086

Microlinyphia rehaiensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 168, f. 197A-C, 198A-B (Df) Original description

Microlinyphia simoni van Helsdingen, 1970 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011826

Microlinyphia simoni van Helsdingen, 1970: 30, f. 21-27 (Dmf) Original description

Microlinyphia spiralis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057087

Microlinyphia spirala Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 170, f. 199A-C, 200A-B (Df; refers to the adjective spiralis) Original description

Microlinyphia spiralis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2023: 18 (correction of ending of specific epithet)

Microlinyphia sterilis (Pavesi, 1883) | | Central, east and southern Africa. Introduced to China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011827

Linyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883: 31 (Df) Original description

Linyphia suspiciosa Pavesi, 1883: 30 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060115]

Linyphia interpolis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904b: 161, pl. 12, f. 3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060108]

Linyphia africanibia Strand, 1913a: 352 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060102]

Linyphia sterilis Lessert, 1915a: 10, pl. 1, f. 6, 12, 18 (f, Dm)

Linyphia sterilis Caporiacco, 1949a: 352, f. 19a-d (f)

Linyphia bonneti Caporiacco, 1949a: 354 (in part misidentified per van Helsdingen, 1970: 18)

Bonnetiella singularis Caporiacco, 1949a: 359, f. 23 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060114]

Microlinyphia sterilis van Helsdingen, 1969: 156 (T from Linyphia)

Microlinyphia sterilis van Helsdingen, 1970: 17, f. 9-13 (mf, S of S of Bonnetiella singularis, Linyphia africanibia, L. interpolis and L. suspiciosa)

Microlinyphia sterilis Zhu & Shi, 1985: 105, f. 92a-b (m)

Microlinyphia zhejiangensis (Chen, 1991) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011338

Lepthyphantes zhejiangensis Chen, 1991: 163, f. 1A-D (Dmf) Original description

Lepthyphantes zhejiangensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 186, f. 103M-N, S-T (mf)

Microlinyphia zhejiangensis Saaristo, Tu & Li, 2006: 384 (T from Lepthyphantes)