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. Minyriolus Simon, 1884 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01110

N.B.: the proposed synonymy with Savignia Blackwall, 1833 by Breitling, 2021: 22 is not followed here, because it is based mainly on COI (see FAQ 7).

Transferred to other genera:

Minyriolus aquatilis Crosby & Bishop, 1933 -- see Baryphyma

Minyriolus arenarius (Emerton, 1911) -- see Satilatlas

Minyriolus castaneus (Emerton, 1882) -- see Walckenaeria

Minyriolus nicaeensis (Simon, 1884) -- see Mecopisthes

Minyriolus pampia Chamberlin, 1949 -- see Silometopoides

Minyriolus plesius Chamberlin, 1949 -- see Sisis

Minyriolus setifer Denis, 1962 -- see Bursellia

In synonymy:

Minyriolus apiculatus (Menge, 1868, T from Lophocarenum) = Minyriolus pusillus Wider, 1834 (Thorell, 1871a: 120, sub Erigone)

Minyriolus innotabilis (Bösenberg, 1902, T from Microneta) = Minyriolus pusillus Wider, 1834 (Roewer, 1942a: 678)

Minyriolus minimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863, T from Walckenaeria) = Minyriolus pusillus Wider, 1834 (Thorell, 1871a: 120, sub Erigone)

Minyriolus ochropus (C. L. Koch, 1838) = Minyriolus pusillus Wider, 1834 (Thorell, 1871a: 120, sub Erigone)

Minyriolus pygmaeus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893, T from Sintula) = Minyriolus pusillus Wider, 1834 (Bristowe, 1939: 69)

Minyriolus tristis (Denis, 1954, T from Cnephalocotes) = Minyriolus medusa Simon, 1882 (Déjean, 2022a: 40)

Nomen dubium:

Minyriolus columbinus (L. Koch, 1869: 189, m, Austria, originally in Erigone) -- Thaler, 1991a: 182

Minyriolus australis Simon, 1902 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050092

Minyriolus (?) australis Simon, 1902h: 15 (Df) Original description

Minyriolus australis Miller, 2007a: 6 (nomen dubium)

Minyriolus australis Dupérré & Harms, 2018: 4, f. 2A-C (f, removed from nomen dubium, probably misplaced in the genus)

Minyriolus medusa (Simon, 1882) | | France, Italy, Austria, Croatia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011870

Erigone medusa Simon, 1882d: 239 (Dm) Original description

Lophocarenum medusa Simon, 1884a: 669, f. 512-514 (m, Df)

Brachycentrum medusa Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 117, pl. 4, f. 38 (mf)

Lophocarenum medusa Simon, 1926: 335, 340, 480, f. 563-565 (mf)

Cnephalocotes tristis Denis, 1954c: 143, f. 4-5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009948]

Pelecopsis medusa Thaler, 1972a: 45, f. 45-55 (mf)

Minyriolus medusa Millidge, 1977: 23, f. 73 (m, T from Pelecopsis)

Pelecopsis medusa Holm, 1979: 261, f. 28-29, 59-61 (m)

Minyriolus medusa Déjean, 2022a: 40, f. 1A-C, 2A-R (f, S of Cnephalocotes tristis)

Erigone medusa Frétey, 2023: 124 (year of description corrected)

Minyriolus phaulobius (Thorell, 1875) | | Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011871

Erigone phaulobia Thorell, 1875a: 98 (Dm) Original description

Erigone phaulobia Thorell, 1875c: 40 (Dm)

Minyriolus phaulobius Simon, 1884a: 792

Minyriolus pusillus (Wider, 1834) | | Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Caucasus urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011872

Theridion pusillum Wider, 1834: 237, pl. 16, f. 9 (Dmf) Original description

Micryphantes ochropus C. L. Koch, 1838: v. 4: 136, f. 336-337 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061089]

Argus ochropus Walckenaer, 1841: 366

Argus pusillus Walckenaer, 1841: 367

Erigone pusilla Westring, 1851: 42

Walckenaera minima O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863: 8595 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061090]

Lophocarenum apiculatum Menge, 1868: 204, pl. 40, f. 101, pl. 41, f. 107 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061091]

Erigone ochropus Canestrini & Pavesi, 1868: 784

Erigone pusilla Thorell, 1871a: 120 (S of Lophocarenum apiculatum, Erigone ochropus and Walckenaeria minima)

Walckenaera pusilla O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873b: 454, pl. 35, f. 35 (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Simon, 1884a: 788, f. 706-708 (mf)

Neriene pygmaea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893a: 155, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061092]

Minyriolus pusillus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 114, pl. 4, f. 34 (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Becker, 1896: 150, pl. 12, f. 6 (mf)

Microneta ochropus Bösenberg, 1899: 82

Sintula pygmaea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900b: 37 (T from Neriene)

Minyriolus pusillus Smith, 1901b: 9, f. 2r (f)

Microneta innotabilis Bösenberg, 1902: 147, pl. 13, f. 195 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061093]

Minyriolus pusillus Bösenberg, 1902: 217, pl. 19, f. 306 (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Simon, 1926: 353, 487, f. 617-618 (mf)

Entelecara pusilla Hull, 1933: 107

Minyriolus pusillus Bristowe, 1939: 69 (S of Sintula pygmaea)

Minyriolus pusillus Roewer, 1942a: 678 (S of Microneta innotabilis)

Minyriolus pusillus Miller, 1947: 37, pl. VI, f. 7 (f)

Minyriolus pusillus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 266, f. 161A-D (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Wiehle, 1960a: 205, f. 360-370 (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Merrett, 1963b: 437, f. 119 (m)

Minyriolus pusillus Wiehle, 1967c: 200, f. 21 (f)

Minyriolus pusillus Tystshenko, 1971: 264, f. 872, 875 (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Miller, 1971: 281, pl. LX, f. 5-7 (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Palmgren, 1976: 84, f. 17.16-20 (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Millidge, 1977: 23, f. 72 (m)

Minyriolus pusillus Roberts, 1987: 72, f. 27j, 30b (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Tanasevitch, 1990: 104, f. 21.18, 24.1, 24.59 (mf)

Minyriolus pusillus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 218, f. 589 (mf)