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. Taranucnus Simon, 1884 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01295

type Linyphia setosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Taranucnus durdenae Ivie, 1966 = Taranucnus ornithes (Barrows, 1940) (van Helsdingen, 1973b: 48)

Taranucnus pictus (Thorell, 1875, T from Lepthyphantes) = Taranucnus setosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) (Miller, 1951: 224)

Taranucnus beskidicus Hirna, 2018 | | Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050336

Taranucnus beskidicus Hirna, 2018: 372, f. 3-19, 21 (Dmf) Original description

Taranucnus bihari Fage, 1931 | | Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012861

Taranucnus bihari Fage, 1931: 193, f. 37 (Df) Original description

Taranucnus bihari Staręga, 1972: 71, f. 5-6, photo 3 (f)

Taranucnus bihari Weiss, 1978: 229, f. 1-4 (Dm)

Taranucnus bihari Svatoň, 1983: 137, pl. 1, f. 1-6 (mf)

Taranucnus bihari Gnelitsa, 2016: 91, f. 2, 7-8, 11, 19, 26-33 (mf)

Taranucnus bihari Hirna, 2018: 373, f. 1, 20, 22 (mf)

Taranucnus carpaticus Gnelitsa, 2016 | | Romania, Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048346

Taranucnus carpaticus Gnelitsa, 2016: 87, f. 1, 3-6, 9-10, 12-18, 20-25 (Dmf) Original description

Taranucnus carpaticus Hirna, 2018: 373, f. 2 (m)

Taranucnus nishikii Yaginuma, 1972 | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012862

Taranucnus nishikii Yaginuma, 1972e: 298, f. 27-32 (Dmf) Original description

Taranucnus nishikii Saito, 1975: 15, f. 1-2 (m)

Taranucnus nishikii Saito, 1977a: 27, f. 18-20 (m)

Taranucnus nishikii Yaginuma, 1986a: 76, f. 40.5 (mf)

Taranucnus nishikii Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 335, f. 1146-1151 (mf)

Taranucnus ornithes (Barrows, 1940) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012863

Lepthyphantes ornithes Barrows, 1940: 134, f. 7, 7A-C (Dmf) Original description

Taranucnus durdenae Ivie, 1966: 224, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064298]

Taranucnus ornithes van Helsdingen, 1973b: 48, f. 2-10 (mf, T from Lepthyphantes, S of Taranucnus durdenae)

Taranucnus ornithes Millidge, 1984b: 237, f. 16, 34 (f)

Taranucnus ornithes Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 149, f. 1646-1647 (mf)

Taranucnus setosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) | | Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012864 TYPE SPECIES

Linyphia setosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863: 8578 (Dmf) Original description

Linyphia setosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873b: 446, pl. 33, f. 10 (m)

Linyphia picta Thorell, 1875a: 83 (Df; preoccupied by Nicolet, 1849, see Linyphia picta) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064299]

Linyphia picta Thorell, 1875a: 19 (f)

Linyphia setosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 191, pl. 3, f. 7 (mf)

Taranucnus setosus Simon, 1884a: 258, f. 16-17 (mf)

Lepthyphantes pictus Simon, 1884a: 330

Taranucnus setosus Becker, 1896: 33, pl. 5, f. 3 (mf)

Taranucnus setosus Fage, 1919: 72, f. 28-29 (mf)

Taranucnus setosus Simon, 1929: 626, 742, f. 946-947 (mf)

Taranucnus setosus Miller, 1951: 224, pl. I, f. 24 (f, S of Lepthyphantes pictus)

Taranucnus setosus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 375, f. 224A-C (mf)

Taranucnus setosus Wiehle, 1960b: 222, f. 45 (mf)

Taranucnus setosus Merrett, 1963b: 382, f. 39A-D (m)

Taranucnus setosus Miller, 1971: 219, pl. XLI, f. 10-11 (mf)

Taranucnus setosus Waaler, 1971a: 23, f. 13 (m)

Taranucnus setosus Palmgren, 1975: 34, f. 7.12-18 (mf)

Taranucnus setosus Millidge, 1977: 48, f. 196 (m)

Taranucnus setosus Millidge, 1984b: 237, f. 14, 33 (f)

Taranucnus setosus Roberts, 1987: 142, f. 73a (mf)

Taranucnus setosus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 256, f. 679 (mf)