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.

Gen. Prinerigone Millidge, 1988 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01212

type Erigone vagans Audouin, 1826; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Prinerigone afroalpina (Holm, 1962, T from Erigone) = Prinerigone aethiopica (Tullgren, 1910) (Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983: 591, sub Erigone)

Prinerigone jeannei (Bristowe, 1935, T from Erigone) = Prinerigone vagans (Audouin, 1826) (Wunderlich, 1977a: 292, sub Erigone)

Prinerigone litoralis (L. Koch, 1872) = Prinerigone vagans (Audouin, 1826) (Simon, 1926: 518, sub Erigone)

Prinerigone pseudovagans (Caporiacco, 1935, T from Prinerigone) = Prinerigone vagans (Audouin, 1826) (Tanasevitch, 2025b: 116)

Prinerigone spinosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) = Prinerigone vagans (Audouin, 1826) (Simon, 1926: 518, sub Erigone)

Prinerigone aethiopica (Tullgren, 1910) | | Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012435

Erigone aethiopica Tullgren, 1910: 143, pl. 3, f. 61 (Df) Original description

Erigone afroalpina Holm, 1962: 73, f. 19a-d, 20, pl. II, f. 20-21 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057686]

Erigone aethiopica Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983: 591, f. 2c-h (mf, S of Erigone afroalpina)

Prinerigone aethiopica Wunderlich, 1995b: 414, f. 48 (m, T from Erigone)

Prinerigone pigra (Blackwall, 1862) | | Madeira urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012436

Neriene pigra Blackwall, 1862a: 378 (Df) Original description

Prinerigone pigra Wunderlich, 1995b: 414, f. 45-47 (removed f from S of P. vagans, Dm)

Prinerigone vagans (Audouin, 1826) | | Azores, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Middle East, Iran, Central Asia, India, China. Introduced to Marion Is., Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012437 TYPE SPECIES

Erigone vagans Audouin, 1826: 116, pl. 1, f. 9 (Dm) Original description

Argus vagans Walckenaer, 1841: 345 (Df)

Erigone spinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 292, pl. 13, f. 12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061931]

Erigone litoralis L. Koch, 1872b: 274 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061932]

Erigone vagans Simon, 1884a: 530, f. 330-331 (mf)

Erigone vagans Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 91, pl. 3, f. 40 (mf)

Erigone vagans Simon, 1894a: 669, f. 730, 732 (m)

Erigone vagans Becker, 1896: 97, pl. 12, f. 23 (mf)

Erigone vagans Kulczyński, 1902a: 540, pl. 35, f. 1, 17, 54, 58-59 (m)

Erigone spinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1910: 106, pl. A, f. 5-7 (m)

Erigone vagans Lessert, 1910b: 201

Erigone vagans Simon, 1926: 442, 446, 520 (S of Erigone litoralis and E. spinosa)

Erigone jeannei Bristowe, 1935: 782, f. 13-15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057687]

Erigone pseudovagans Caporiacco, 1935b: 175, pl. 1, f. 22 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010493]

Erigone vagans Denis, 1948c: 588, f. 3-5 (m)

Erigone vagans spinosa Denis, 1948c: 590, f. 1-2 (m, regarded as subspecies)

Erigone vagans Denis, 1950b: 96, f. 26 (f)

Erigone vagans spinosa Denis, 1950b: 96, f. 27 (Df)

Erigone vagans Locket & Millidge, 1953: 313, f. 190A-C (mf, S of Erigone spinosa = E. vagans spinosa confirmed)

Erigone vagans spinosa Knülle, 1954b: 219, f. 1 (m)

Erigone vagans Knülle, 1954c: 97, f. 22-25 (mf)

Erigone vagans Wiehle, 1960a: 558, f. 1039-1047 (mf)

Erigone vagans Merrett, 1963b: 397, f. 59A-C (m)

Erigone vagans Georgescu, 1969b: 92, f. 1f (m)

Erigone vagans Tystshenko, 1971: 259, f. 832, 837 (mf)

Erigone vagans Miller, 1971: 265, pl. LV, f. 14 (m)

Erigone vagans Lawrence, 1971: 305, f. 3a-f (f)

Erigone vagans Millidge, 1977: 11, f. 30 (m)

Erigone vagans Wunderlich, 1977a: 292 (S of Erigone jeannei)

Erigone vagans Jocqué, 1981d: 113, f. 4-5 (m)

Erigone vagans Zhou, Wang & Zhu, 1983: 156, f. 6a-d (mf)

Erigone vagans Millidge, 1984b: 265, f. 121, 123 (f)

Erigone vagans Roberts, 1987: 94, f. 42e, 45a (mf)

Prinerigone vagans Millidge, 1988b: 216 (T from Erigone)

Erigone vagans Hu & Wu, 1989: 171, f. 140.1-4 (mf)

Erigone vagans Tanasevitch, 1990: 110, f. 22.26, 23.40 (mf)

Erigone vagans Coddington, 1990: 15, f. 72 (m)

Erigone vagans Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 154, f. 420 (mf)

Prinerigone vagans Millidge, 1993c: 147, f. 34 (f)

Prinerigone vagans Bosmans, 2007: 137, f. 141-147 (mf)

Prinerigone vagans Tanasevitch, 2009a: 406, f. 57-70 (m)

Prinerigone vagans Kuralt & Kostanjšek, 2016: 73, f. 4a-b (m)

Prinerigone vagans Guttenberger, Guttenberger & Bauer, 2018: 75, f. 1-3 (m)

Prinerigone vagans Vaněk, 2020: 10, f. 1a-b (m)

Prinerigone vagans Roušar, 2020c: 12, f. 1 (m)

Prinerigone vagans Urák et al., 2025: 162, f. 4 (mf)

Prinerigone vagans Tanasevitch, 2025b: 116 (S of Erigone pseudovagans)

Prinerigone vagans arabica (Jocqué, 1981) | | Saudi Arabia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012438

Erigone vagans arabica Jocqué, 1981d: 111, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description