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; Tian et al., 2022 show five subfamilies: Linyphiinae (incl. Mynogleninae Lehtinen, 1967: 250 and Dubiaraneinae Millidge, 1993c: 145), Erigoninae Emerton, 1882: 7, Micronetinae Hull, 1920a: 8, Ipainae Saaristo, 2007b: 34 and Stemonyphantinae Wunderlich, 1986: 120; da Silva-Moreira, Kulkarni & Hormiga, 2025: 60-62 list resp. newly circumscribe six subfamilies: Erigoninae, Lepthyphantinae Simon, 1929: 562, Linyphiinae (syn. nov.: Dubiaraneinae), Mynogleninae, Pocobletinae Silva-Moreira & Hormiga, 2025: 61 (new subfamily) and Stemonyphantinae, state Ipainae and Micronetinae to be polyphyletic, leave several linyphiid clades unranked and also several genera as incertae sedis.

In synonymy:

Araeoncoides Wunderlich, 1969 = Moebelia Dahl, 1886 (Wunderlich & Blick, 2006: 13, contra Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 148)

Gen. Moebelia Dahl, 1886 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01113

type Erigone penicillata Westring, 1851; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Araeoncoides Wunderlich, 1969: 386 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05377] (type A. berolinensis Wunderlich, 1969) by Wunderlich & Blick, 2006: 13 (contra Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 148); formerly considered a junior synonym of Styloctetor Simon, 1926, but not accepted by all recent authors; Wunderlich's (1970: 406) synonymy of Moebelia with Entelecara Simon, 1884 has not been accepted (see Millidge, 1977: 32).

In synonymy:

Moebelia corticea (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1862) = Moebelia penicillata (Westring, 1851) (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873b: 450, sub Neriene)

Moebelia cristatopalpus (Ohlert, 1867, T from Micryphantes) = Moebelia penicillata (Westring, 1851) (Simon, 1884a: 737, sub Styloctetor)

Moebelia lichenis (Wider, 1834, T from Theridion) = Moebelia penicillata (Westring, 1851) (Denis, 1949a: 146, nomen oblitum)

Moebelia berolinensis (Wunderlich, 1969) | | France, Germany urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010271

Araeoncoides berolinensis Wunderlich, 1969: 387, f. 18-22 (Dm) Original description

Araeoncoides berolinensis Millidge, 1977: 30, f. 118 (m)

Entelecara berolinensis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 148, f. 411 (m)

Moebelia berolinensis Wunderlich & Blick, 2006: 14, f. 1-10 (m, Df, T from Entelecara)

Moebelia berolinensis Déjean & Oger, 2021: 9, f. 1A-B, 2A-B (f)

Moebelia penicillata (Westring, 1851) | | Europe, Caucasus urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011877 TYPE SPECIES

Theridion lichenis Wider, 1834: 240, pl. 16, f. 6a-b (Dmf; suppressed for lack of usage, see Denis, 1949a: 146) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066693]

Erigone penicillata Westring, 1851: 60 (Dm) Original description

Neriene corticea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1862: 7964 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066694]

Micryphantes cristatopalpus Ohlert, 1867: 72 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066696]

Neriene penicillata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873b: 450 (S of Neriene corticea)

Erigone penicillata Dahl, 1883: 49 (f)

Styloctetor penicillatus Simon, 1884a: 737, f. 624-625 (mf, S of Micryphantes cristatopalpus)

Moebelia penicillata Dahl, 1886: 91

Moebelia penicillata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 97, pl. 4, f. 8 (mf)

Entelecara penicillata Simon, 1894a: 620, f. 682-683 (m)

Styloctetor penicillatus Becker, 1896: 141, pl. 11, f. 20 (mf)

Styloctetor penicillatus Smith, 1901a: 304, p. 334: f. 1n-o (m)

Entelecara penicillata Bösenberg, 1902: 182, pl. 16, f. 249 (mf)

Styloctetor penicillatus Simon, 1926: 356, 489, f. 626-629 (mf)

Moebelia penicillata Miller, 1947: 26, pl. 7, f. 8 (mf, T from Styloctetor)

Moebelia penicillata Denis, 1949a: 146 (S of Theridion lichenis, nomen oblitum)

Moebelia penicillata Locket & Millidge, 1953: 215, f. 133G-I (mf)

Moebelia penicillata Tullgren, 1955: 366, f. 69a-d (mf)

Moebelia penicillata Wiehle, 1960a: 201, f. 352-359 (mf)

Moebelia penicillata Merrett, 1963b: 432, f. 112A-D (m)

Moebelia penicillata Miller, 1971: 261, pl. LIII, f. 24 (m)

Moebelia penicillata Punda, 1975b: 57, f. 115-118 (mf)

Moebelia penicillata Palmgren, 1976: 85, f. 5.1-4 (mf)

Moebelia penicillata Millidge, 1977: 30, f. 116, 119 (m)

Moebelia penicillata Roberts, 1987: 42, f. 12a (mf)

Moebelia penicillata Tanasevitch, 1990: 102, f. 21.19, 24.17, 24.54 (mf)

Entelecara penicillata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 148, f. 410 (mf)

Moebelia penicillata Song & Li, 2007: 269, f. 12-22 (mf)

Moebelia penicillata Lecigne, 2016d: 20, f. 9B (m)

Moebelia penicillata Lecigne, 2020: 51, pl. 1bis C (m)

Moebelia penicillata Déjean & Oger, 2021: 9, f. 3 (f)

Moebelia rectangula Song & Li, 2007 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039918

Moebelia rectangula Song & Li, 2007: 268, f. 1-11 (Dmf) Original description