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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:

Aigola Chamberlin, 1922 = Oreonetides Strand, 1901 (Holm, 1945b: 45)

Labuella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 = Oreonetides Strand, 1901 (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 60)

Montitextrix Denis, 1963 = Oreonetides Strand, 1901 (van Helsdingen, 1981a: 230)

Paramaro Wunderlich, 1980 = Oreonetides Strand, 1901 (Thaler, 1981a: 143)

Gen. Oreonetides Strand, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01161

type Erigone vaginata Thorell, 1872; gender masculine

N.B.: gender in accordance with ICZN Art. 30.1.4.4, contra Canard & Cruveillier, 2016: 44, who considered it feminine: described as subgenus of Macrargus; considered a senior synonym of Aigola Chamberlin, 1921c: 36 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05346] (type A. pauliana Chamberlin, 1921 = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872)) by Holm, 1945b: 45, of Labuella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 6 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05347] (type L. prosaica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872)) by Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 60, of Paramaro Wunderlich, 1980g: 119 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05348] (type Centromerus quadridentatus Wunderlich, 1972) by Thaler, 1981a: 143, and of Montitextrix Denis, 1963b: 263 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05349] (type Linyphia glacialis L. Koch, 1872) by van Helsdingen, 1981a: 230.

Transferred to other genera:

Oreonetides abnormis (Blackwall, 1841) -- see Saaristoa

Oreonetides confusus Wunderlich, 1995 -- see Maro

Oreonetides decipiens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) -- see Saaristoa

Oreonetides firmus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) -- see Saaristoa

Oreonetides imbecillior Dahl, 1902 -- see Aphileta

Oreonetides longembolus Wunderlich & Li, 1995 -- see Erigomicronus

Oreonetides portoricensis Petrunkevitch, 1930 -- see Mermessus

Oreonetides recurvatus (Emerton, 1913) -- see Oreophantes

Oreonetides strandi Schenkel, 1934 -- see Scotargus

Oreonetides validior Dahl, 1902 -- see Drepanotylus

In synonymy:

Oreonetides adipatus (L. Koch, 1872) = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) (Strand, 1901b: 29, sub Macrargus)

Oreonetides cacuminum (Kulczyński, 1882, T from Porrhomma) = Oreonetides glacialis (L. Koch, 1872) (Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 86, sub Microneta)

Oreonetides corynetes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1945, T from Diplocentria) = Oreonetides rotundus (Emerton, 1913) (van Helsdingen, 1981a: 237)

Oreonetides crassimanus (Emerton, 1882, T from Aigola) = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) (Holm, 1945b: 45)

Oreonetides lingualis Saito, 1978 = Oreonetides shimizui (Yaginuma, 1972) (Yaginuma, Hirashima & Okuma, 1990: 105, 141)

Oreonetides macrochaerus (Thorell, 1875, T from Erigone) = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) (Strand, 1901b: 29, sub Macrargus)

Oreonetides paulianus (Chamberlin, 1921) = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) (Crosby, 1937a: 35, sub Aigola crassimana)

Oreonetides prosaicus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943, T from Labuella) = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 60)

Oreonetides reticulatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873, T from Linyphia) = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) (Simon, 1884a: 370, sub Porrhomma adipatum)

Oreonetides tuberellus (Chamberlin, 1921) = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) (Crosby, 1937a: 35, sub Aigola crassimana)

Oreonetides tuberosus (Emerton, 1915, T from Gongylidium) = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) (Crosby, 1937a: 35, sub Aigola crassimana)

Oreonetides ululabilis (Keyserling, 1886) = Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) (Saaristo, 1972: 70)

Oreonetides amplus (Dondale & Buckle, 2001) | | Alaska, Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038554

Maro amplus Dondale & Buckle, 2001: 13, f. 10-14 (Dm) Original description

Maro amplus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 142, f. 1574 (m)

Oreonetides amplus Tanasevitch, 2022f: 346 (T from Maro)

Oreonetides badzhalensis Eskov, 1991 | | Russia (South Siberia, Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012159

Oreonetides badzhalensis Eskov, 1991a: 48, f. 2.1-3 (Df) Original description

Oreonetides badzhalensis Tanasevitch, 2017f: 596, f. 12 (f)

Oreonetides badzhalensis Tanasevitch, 2023e: 358, f. 1-15 (Dm, f)

Oreonetides badzhalensis Tanasevitch, 2024b: 290, f. 7-9, 14-17 (m)

Oreonetides beattyi Paquin, Dupérré, Buckle & Lewis, 2009 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042587

Oreonetides beattyi Paquin et al., 2009: 5, f. 1-19 (Dmf) Original description

Oreonetides beringianus Eskov, 1991 | | Russia (north-west to north-east Siberia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012160

Oreonetides beringianus Eskov, 1991a: 48, f. 2.4-6 (Df) Original description

Oreonetides beringianus Tanasevitch, 2017f: 596, f. 11 (f)

Oreonetides beringianus Tanasevitch, 2022e: 252, f. 1-9 (Dm, f)

Oreonetides bulbosus (Zhao & Li, 2014) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047384

Maro bulbosus Zhao & Li, 2014b: 30, f. 56A-F, 57A-B (Df) Original description

Oreonetides bulbosus Tanasevitch, 2022f: 346 (T from Maro)

Oreonetides cristatus Tanasevitch, 2025 | | Russia (Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065387

Oreonetides cristatus Tanasevitch, 2025c: 294, f. 1-10 (Dm) Original description

Oreonetides filicatus (Crosby, 1937) | | Alaska, Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012162

Aigola filicata Crosby, 1937a: 37, pl. 1, f. 3-4 (Dm) Original description

Oreonetides filicatus van Helsdingen, 1981a: 232, f. 1-6 (m, Df; removed from S of Oreonetides vaginatus, rejecting Saaristo, 1972: 70)

Oreonetides flavescens (Crosby, 1937) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012163

Aigola flavescens Crosby, 1937a: 39, pl. 1, f. 7-8 (Dmf) Original description

Oreonetides flavescens van Helsdingen, 1981a: 239, f. 29-33 (m, Df)

Oreonetides flavescens Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 145, f. 1597-1599 (mf)

Oreonetides flavus (Emerton, 1915) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012164

Microneta flava Emerton, 1915b: 152, pl. 3, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Aigola flava Crosby, 1937a: 38, pl. 1, f. 5-6 (mf)

Oreonetides flavus van Helsdingen, 1981a: 235, f. 7-12 (mf)

Oreonetides flavus Paquin et al., 2009: 6, f. 20-25 (mf)

Oreonetides glacialis (L. Koch, 1872) | | France to Poland, Italy, Bulgaria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012165

Linyphia glacialis L. Koch, 1872b: 240 (Dmf) Original description

Erigone cacuminum Kulczyński, 1882b: 13, pl. 1, f. 8 (Dmf; preoccupied by Thorell, 1877, see Erigone cacuminum) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065413]

Porrhomma glaciale Simon, 1884a: 367, f. 141-143 (mf)

Porrhomma cacuminum Simon, 1884a: 372

Microneta glacialis Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 86, pl. 3, f. 30 (mf, S of Porrhomma cacuminum)

Microneta glacialis Lessert, 1910b: 228

Oreonetides glacialis Simon, 1929: 560, 725

Oreonetides glacialis Wiehle, 1960b: 215, f. 28-33 (mf)

Montitextrix glacialis Denis, 1963b: 263, f. 12-15 (mf, T from Oreonetides)

Montitextrix glacialis Miller, 1971: 237, pl. XLVII, f. 1-2 (mf)

Montitextrix glacialis Millidge, 1977: 45, f. 174-175 (m)

Oreonetides glacialis Thaler, 1981a: 144, f. 6, 15, 18, 21 (mf)

Oreonetides glacialis Millidge, 1984b: 248, f. 94-95 (f)

Oreonetides glacialis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 226, f. 608 (mf)

Oreonetides glacialis Breitling, 2020: 349, f. 18E, 19B (mf)

Oreonetides helsdingeni Eskov, 1984 | | Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012166

Oreonetides helsdingeni Eskov, 1984a: 662, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Oreonetides kolymensis Eskov, 1991 | | Russia (north-eastern Siberia to Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012167

Oreonetides kolymensis Eskov, 1991a: 50, f. 3.1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Oreonetides minimus Tanasevitch, 2017 | | Russia (Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049572

Oreonetides minimus Tanasevitch, 2017f: 596, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Oreonetides quadridentatus (Wunderlich, 1972) | | France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czechia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012169

Centromerus quadridentatus Wunderlich, 1972b: 294, f. 8-13 (Dm) Original description

Paramaro quadridentatus Wunderlich, 1980g: 119, f. 1-3 (m, T from Centromerus)

Oreonetides quadridentatus Thaler, 1981a: 143, f. 1-4, 9-14, 19, 22 (m, Df, T from Paramaro)

Oreonetides quadridentatus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 226, f. 609 (mf)

Oreonetides quadridentatus Baert & Kekenbosch, 2012: 43, f. 1-2 (f)

Oreonetides rectangulatus (Emerton, 1913) | | Alaska, Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012170

Microneta rectangulata Emerton, 1913a: 217, pl. 2, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Tmeticus rectangulatus Emerton, 1915a: 137, pl. 1, f. 4 (m)

Smodigoides rectangulatus Crosby & Bishop, 1936b: 52, pl. 9, f. 1-3 (m, Df)

Aigola rectangulata Crosby, 1937a: 39, pl. 1, f. 9 (m)

Oreonetides rectangulatus van Helsdingen, 1981a: 235, f. 13-14 (m)

Oreonetides rectangulatus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 145, f. 1600-1602 (mf)

Oreonetides rotundus (Emerton, 1913) | | Alaska, Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012171

Microneta rotunda Emerton, 1913a: 216, pl. 2, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Aigola rotunda Crosby, 1937a: 41, pl. 1, f. 11 (m)

Diplocentria corynetes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1945b: 10, f. 27 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055774]

Oreonetides rotundus van Helsdingen, 1981a: 237, f. 20-24 (mf, S of Diplocentria corynetes)

Oreonetides rotundus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 145, f. 1603-1605 (mf)

Oreonetides sajanensis Eskov, 1991 | | Russia (Middle and South Siberia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012172

Oreonetides sajanensis Eskov, 1991a: 50, f. 3.5-6 (Df) Original description

Oreonetides sajanensis Trilikauskas & Tanasevitch, 2022: 145, f. 2-9 (Dm, f)

Oreonetides shimizui (Yaginuma, 1972) | | Russia (Kurile Is.), Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012173

Drepanotylus shimizui Yaginuma, 1972d: 91, f. 8-9 (Dmf) Original description

Oreonetides lingualis Saito, 1978: 9, f. 1-3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055776]

Notiomaso shimizui Brignoli, 1983c: 309

Oreonetides shimizui Yaginuma, Hirashima & Okuma, 1990: 105, 141 (T from Drepanotylus, S of Oreonetides lingualis)

Oreonetides shimizui Ono et al., 1991: 99, f. 28-29 (f)

Oreonetides shimizui Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 310, f. 723-725 (mf)

Oreonetides solus Tanasevitch, 2024 | | Russia (Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060674

Oreonetides solus Tanasevitch, 2024b: 289, f. 1-6, 10-13 (Dm) Original description

Oreonetides taiwanus Tanasevitch, 2011 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044409

Oreonetides taiwanus Tanasevitch, 2011e: 34, f. 9-10, 15-21 (Dm) Original description

Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872) | | North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012174 TYPE SPECIES

Erigone vaginata Thorell, 1872b: 153 (Df) Original description

Erigone adipata L. Koch, 1872b: 263 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065414]

Linyphia reticulata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873c: 540, pl. 46, f. 11 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065415]

Erigone macrochaera Thorell, 1875a: 87 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065416]

Microneta crassimanus Emerton, 1882: 75, pl. 24, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055775]

Porrhomma adipatum Simon, 1884a: 370, f. 145-147 (mf, S of Linyphia reticulata)

Tmeticus vaginatus Simon, 1884a: 420

Erigone ululabilis Keyserling, 1886b: 184, pl. 17, f. 244 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055778]

Macrargus adipatus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 79, pl. 3, f. 19 (mf)

Gongylidium vaginatum Sørensen, 1898: 203

Microneta ululabilis Banks, 1899a: 348

Macrargus (Oreonetides) vaginatus Strand, 1901b: 29 (T from Gongylidium, S of Erigone macrochaera and Macrargus adipatus)

Oreonetides adipatus Hull, 1911a: 580

Oreonetides vaginatus Fedotov, 1912b: 458, pl. 8, f. 7 (f)

Gongylidium tuberosum Emerton, 1915b: 150, pl. 2, f. 5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065417]

Aigola pauliana Chamberlin, 1921c: 37, pl. 3, f. 3-4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065418]

Aigola tuberella Chamberlin, 1921c: 37, pl. 3, f. 5-6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065419]

Oreonetides vaginatus Simon, 1929: 561, 725 (S of Erigone macrochaera herniosa, revalidated by Holm, 1945b: 28, see Hilaira herniosa)

Aigola crassimana Crosby, 1937a: 35, pl. 1, f. 1-2 (mf, S of Aigola pauliana, A. tuberella and Gongylidium tuberosum)

Labuella prosaica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 6, f. 6-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055777]

Oreonetides vaginatus Holm, 1945b: 45 (S of Aigola crassimana)

Oreonetides vaginatus Brændegaard, 1946: 34, f. 19-20 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 60 (S of Labuella prosaica)

Oreonetides ululabilis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 60 (T from Microneta)

Oreonetides vaginatus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 360, f. 216E-F (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Wiehle, 1956: 85, f. 141-143 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Wiehle, 1963c: 251, f. 43-48 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Miller, 1971: 241, pl. XLVIII, f. 3-5 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Yaginuma & Nishikawa, 1971: 74, f. 1.4 (f)

Oreonetides vaginatus Saaristo, 1972: 70, f. 1-17 (mf, S of Oreonetides filicatus [revalidated by van Helsdingen, 1981a: 232] and O. ululabilis)

Oreonetides vaginatus Palmgren, 1975: 20, f. 3.15-17 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Millidge, 1977: 45, f. 172-173 (m)

Oreonetides vaginatus Thaler, 1981a: 144, f. 5, 20, 23 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus van Helsdingen, 1981a: 232, f. 25-28 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Yaginuma, 1986a: 86, f. 46.6 (f)

Oreonetides vaginatus Roberts, 1987: 134, f. 68a (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 226, f. 607 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 145, f. 1606-1608 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 310, f. 720-722 (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Dupérré, 2013: 7, f. 60 (m)

Oreonetides vaginatus Marusik, 2015: 690, f. 14U-V (mf)

Oreonetides vaginatus Slowik & Marusik, 2025: 300 (S of Oreonetides ululabilis confirmed)