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. Sciastes Bishop & Crosby, 1938 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01245

Transferred to other genera:

Sciastes acuminatus (Emerton, 1913) -- see Anthrobia

Sciastes aquilonia (Hackman, 1954) -- see Hilaira

Sciastes beluga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 -- see Semljicola

Sciastes concavus (Emerton, 1882) -- see Aphileta

Sciastes fuscus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 -- see Souessoula

Sciastes gargopus (Crosby & Bishop, 1929 -- see Tachygyna

Sciastes hyperboreus (Kulczyński, 1908) -- see Hilaira

Sciastes microtarsus (Emerton, 1882) -- see Eulaira

Sciastes mossi Muma, 1945 -- see Annapolis

Sciastes ogeechee Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 -- see Souessoula

Sciastes simplex (Chamberlin, 1919) -- see Eulaira

Sciastes terrestris (Emerton, 1882) -- see Porrhomma

Sciastes ursinus Bishop & Crosby, 1938 -- see Tachygyna

Sciastes vicosanus Bishop & Crosby, 1938 -- see Smermisia

In synonymy:

Sciastes dubius (Schenkel, 1929, T from Oedothorax) = Sciastes carli Lessert, 1907 (Thaler, 1972a: 45)

Sciastes ensifer Millidge, 1984 = Sciastes dubius Hackman, 1954 (Aitchison-Benell & Dondale, 1990: 223)

Sciastes schenkeli (Roewer, 1942, T from Oedothorax) = Sciastes carli Lessert, 1907 (Thaler, 1972a: 45)

Sciastes carli (Lessert, 1907) | | France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012531

Hilaira carli Lessert, 1907: 111, f. 12-13 (Dm) Original description

Hilaira carli Lessert, 1910b: 213, f. 120-121 (m)

Oedothorax dubius Schenkel, 1929a: 15, f. 1 (Df; preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898, see Grammonota dubia) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058416]

Oedothorax schenkeli Roewer, 1942a: 643 (replacement name for O. dubius) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058415]

Sciastes carli Thaler, 1971: 313, f. 9-15 (m, Df, T from Hilaira)

Sciastes carli Thaler, 1972a: 45, f. 6 (f, S of Oedothorax dubius = schenkeli)

Sciastes carli Millidge, 1977: 37, f. 153 (m)

Sciastes carli Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 244, f. 653 (mf)

Sciastes dubius (Hackman, 1954) | | Russia (Far North East, Kamchatka), Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012532

Hilaira dubia Hackman, 1954: 26, f. 94-96, 100, 102-104 (Df) Original description

Sciastes ensifer Millidge, 1984a: 164, f. 165-166, 172, 176 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058414]

Sciastes dubius Aitchison-Benell & Dondale, 1990: 223 (T from Hilaira, S of Sciastes ensifer)

Sciastes dubius Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 117, f. 1212-1214 (mf)

Sciastes extremus Holm, 1967 | | Canada, Greenland urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012533

Sciastes extremus Holm, 1967: 54, f. 70-75 (Dmf) Original description

Sciastes extremus Millidge, 1984a: 165, f. 169-170, 174, 177 (mf)

Sciastes extremus Paquin & Dupérré, 2006: 16, f. 31-32 (m)

Sciastes extremus Marusik, 2015: 690, f. 13Æ-Ø (mf)

Sciastes hastatus Millidge, 1984 | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012534

Sciastes hastatus Millidge, 1984a: 165, f. 167-168, 173 (Dm) Original description

Sciastes mentasta (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) | | Canada, USA (Alaska) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012536

Erigone mentasta Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 40, f. 37 (Df) Original description

Hilaira mentasta Hackman, 1954: 22, f. 85-92 (Tf from Erigone, Dm)

Sciastes mentasta Eskov, 1981b: 1487 (Tf from Hilaira)

Erigone mentasta Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 103, f. 1005-1009 (mf)

Sciastes tenna Chamberlin, 1949 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012537

Sciastes tenna Chamberlin, 1949: 541, f. 79-80 (Df) Original description

Sciastes truncatus (Emerton, 1882) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012538

Tmeticus truncatus Emerton, 1882: 57, pl. 17, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Gongylidium truncatum Simon, 1884a: 500

Erigone truncatus Marx, 1890a: 536

Oedothorax truncatus Crosby, 1905a: 313

Sciastes truncatus Bishop & Crosby, 1938: 81, pl. 5, f. 57-59 (m, Df)

Sciastes truncatus Kaston, 1948: 211, f. 685-686 (m)

Sciastes truncatus Millidge, 1984a: 163, f. 163-164, 171, 175, 178 (mf)

Sciastes truncatus Hormiga, 2000: 52, f. 25A-I, pl. 58A-F, 59A-F, 60A-D (mf)

Sciastes truncatus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 117, f. 1215-1217 (mf)