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. Smermisia Simon, 1894 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01268
type Smermisia caracasana Simon, 1894; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Smermisia barbata Tullgren, 1901 -- see Notiomaso

Smermisia nigrocapitata Tullgren, 1901 -- see Notiomaso

Smermisia tullgreni Simon, 1903 -- see Notiomaso

Smermisia caracasana Simon, 1894 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012671 TYPE SPECIES
Smermisia caracasana Simon, 1894a: 704 (Dm) Original description
Smermisia caracasana Millidge, 1991: 158, f. 660-662 (m)
Smermisia caracasana Miller, 2007a: 93, f. 63D-G (m)
Smermisia esperanzae (Tullgren, 1901) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012087
Neriene esperanzae Tullgren, 1901b: 199, pl. 16, f. 2 (Dm; N.B.: spelled esperanza in heading, this way in table and legend) Original description
Oedothorax esperanzae Petrunkevitch, 1911: 262
Smermisia esperanzae Miller, 2007a: 94, f. 63H-I (Tm from Oedothorax)
Smermisia holdridgi Miller, 2007 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039971
Smermisia holdridgi Miller, 2007a: 95, f. 60I, 64D-F, 66C-D, 67E-F (Dmf) Original description
Smermisia parvoris Miller, 2007 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039972
Smermisia parvoris Miller, 2007a: 94, f. 60H, 64A-C, 66A-B, 67E-F (Dmf) Original description
Smermisia vicosana (Bishop & Crosby, 1938) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012539
Sciastes vicosanus Bishop & Crosby, 1938: 83, pl. 6, f. 62-64 (Dmf) Original description
Smermisia vicosana Miller, 2007a: 89, f. 60G, 63A-C, 65A-F, 66E-F, 67A-D (Tmf from Sciastes)

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