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.
Gen. Notholepthyphantes Millidge, 1985 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01139
type Lepthyphantes australis Tullgren, 1901; gender masculine
N.B.: not included in a subfamily of Linyphiidae but in an unranked linyphiid clade by da Silva-Moreira, Kulkarni & Hormiga, 2025: 62.
Notholepthyphantes australis (Tullgren, 1901) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012038 TYPE SPECIES
Lepthyphantes australis Tullgren, 1901b: 212, pl. 17, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Notholepthyphantes australis Millidge, 1985: 25, f. 84-90, 92 (Tf from Lepthyphantes, Dm)
Notholepthyphantes erythrocerus (Simon, 1902) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012039
Linyphia erythrocera Simon, 1902h: 24 (Dm) Original description
Notholepthyphantes erythrocera Millidge, 1985: 25, f. 91, 93-94 (Tm from Linyphia)

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