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. Obscuriphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01150

N.B.: the synonymy with Poeciloneta Kulczyński, 1894, proposed by Breitling, 2019b: 29 and Breitling, 2021: 22, is not accepted here as it is based mainly on COI (see FAQ 7).

In synonymy:

Obscuriphantes ollivieri (Denis, 1957, T from Lepthyphantes) = Obscuriphantes bacelarae Schenkel, 1938 (Bosmans, Cardoso & Crespo, 2010: 34)

Obscuriphantes uncinatus (Schenkel, 1936) = Obscuriphantes obscurus Blackwall, 1841 (Hu & Wu, 1989: 148, sub Lepthyphantes)

Obscuriphantes bacelarae (Schenkel, 1938) | | Portugal, Spain, France urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011093

Lepthyphantes bacelari Schenkel, 1938b: 6, f. 2 (Df; named after Mrs. Amelia Bacelar) Original description

Lepthyphantes ollivieri Denis, 1958c: 254, f. 7-8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011263]

Obscuriphantes bacelarae Bosmans, Cardoso & Crespo, 2010: 34, f. 57-63 (Dm, f, T from Lepthyphantes, S of Lepthyphantes bacelarae)

Obscuriphantes obscurus (Blackwall, 1841) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012061

Linyphia obscura Blackwall, 1841a: 665 (Dm) Original description

Linyphia obscura Blackwall, 1864a: 244, pl. 17, f. 162 (Dm)

Linyphia obscura Thorell, 1875c: 23 (Df)

Bathyphantes obscurus Förster & Bertkau, 1883: 274

Lepthyphantes obscurus Simon, 1884a: 292, f. 52-53 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Becker, 1896: 44, pl. 6, f. 5 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Bösenberg, 1901: 78, pl. 6, f. 85 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Simon, 1929: 588, 732, f. 892-893 (mf)

Lepthyphantes uncinatus Schenkel, 1936b: 267, f. 88 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061478]

Lepthyphantes obscurus Denis, 1943b: 17, f. 7 (f)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 384, f. 229A-C (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Wiehle, 1956: 188, f. 315-318 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Merrett, 1963b: 360, f. 13A-E (m)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Tystshenko, 1971: 218, f. 664, 684 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Miller, 1971: 225, pl. XLIII, f. 21-22 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Wanless, 1971: 21, f. 1G, 5E (f)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Wanless, 1973: 130, f. II.6, VII.12 (f)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Palmgren, 1975: 58, f. 10.10-12 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Utochkin & Pakhorukov, 1976: 87, f. 15 (f)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Roberts, 1987: 150, f. 78b (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Hu & Wu, 1989: 148, f. 121.1-2 (m, S of Lepthyphantes obscurus)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Tanasevitch, 1990: 97, f. 25.12, 26.15-16 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 178, f. 482 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Zhao, 1993: 158, f. 76 (m)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Roberts, 1995: 359, f. (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Zhao, 1995: 873, f. 412 (m)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996: 17, f. 17-18, 22-23 (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Roberts, 1998: 370, f. (mf)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Esyunin & Efimik, 1999: 230, f. 20-26 (mf)

Obscuriphantes obscurus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 260, f. 15-16, 22 (mf, T from Lepthyphantes)

Lepthyphantes obscurus Hu, 2001: 509, f. 338 (m)

Obscuriphantes obscurus Merrett, 2004b: 21, f. 9 (m)

Obscuriphantes obscurus Saaristo in Marusik & Koponen, 2008a: 10, pl. 3 (m)

Obscuriphantes obscurus Bosmans, Cardoso & Crespo, 2010: 36, f. 64-68 (mf)

Obscuriphantes obscurus Geci et al., 2023: 541, f. 17 (f)

Obscuriphantes obscurus dilutior (Simon, 1929) | | France urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012062

Lepthyphantes obscurus dilutior Simon, 1929: 589, 732 (Df) Original description

Obscuriphantes pseudoobscurus (Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996) | | Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012063

Lepthyphantes pseudoobscurus Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996: 17, f. 14-16, 19-21 (Dmf) Original description

Lepthyphantes pseudoobscurus Esyunin & Efimik, 1999: 232, f. 27-28 (m)

Obscuriphantes pseudoobscurus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 260 (Tmf from Lepthyphantes)