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. Scyletria Bishop & Crosby, 1938 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01253
type Scyletria inflata Bishop & Crosby, 1938; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Scyletria jona Bishop & Crosby, 1938 -- see Mermessus

Scyletria inflata Bishop & Crosby, 1938 | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012600 TYPE SPECIES
Scyletria inflata Bishop & Crosby, 1938: 89, pl. 7, f. 72-74 (Dm) Original description
Cephalethus birostrum Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 30, f. 21 (f; misidentified per Patrick, Dupérré & Dondale, 2008: 32)
Scyletria inflata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 118, f. 1233-1235 (mf)
Scyletria inflata Dupérré, Paquin & Buckle, 2006: 152, f. 20-21 (Df)
Scyletria inflata Patrick, Dupérré & Dondale, 2008: 32, f. 1-4 (m)

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