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. Simplicistilus Locket, 1968 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01259

In synonymy:

Simplicistilus venustus (Locket, 1968, T from Centromerus) = Simplicistilus tanuekes Locket, 1968 (Locket, 1974: 175)

Simplicistilus tanuekes Locket, 1968 | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012638
Simplicistilus tanuekes Locket, 1968: 113, f. 36A-F, 37A-B (Dm) Original description
Centromerus venustus Locket, 1968: 117, f. 39A-C (Df)
Simplicistilus tanuekes Locket, 1974: 175 (S)
Simplicistilus venustus Millidge, 1984b: 246, f. 79 (f)

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