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.

Homonym replaced:

Myrmecoxenus Millidge, 1991 -- see Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993

Gen. Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01122
N.B.: replacement name for Myrmecoxenus Millidge, 1991: 159 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04831], preoccupied in Coeloptera by Märkel, 1844.
Myrmecomelix leucippus Miller, 2007 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039930
Myrmecomelix leucippus Miller, 2007a: 138, f. 102C, 104A-D, 105A-F, 106A-E (Dmf) Original description
Myrmecomelix pulcher (Millidge, 1991) | | Ecuador, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011921
Myrmecoxenus pulcher Millidge, 1991: 160, f. 663-665 (Dm) Original description
Myrmecomelix pulcher Miller, 2007a: 141, f. 104E-F (m)
Myrmecomelix pulcher Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2012: 83, f. 15-16 (Df)

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