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.

In synonymy:

Hypsocephalus Millidge, 1978 = Staveleya Sherwood, 2021 (Sherwood, 2021d: 65, preoccupied, replacement name)

Gen. Staveleya Sherwood, 2021 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04756

N.B.: replacement name for Hypsocephalus Millidge, 1978 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01023], preoccupied in Pisces by Swift & Ellwood, 1972.

In synonymy:

Staveleya dahli (Lessert, 1909) = Staveleya pusilla Menge, 1869 (Frick & Staręga, 2009: 12, sub Hypsocephalus)

Staveleya perpusilla (Miller, 1966, T from Mecopisthes) = Staveleya pusilla Menge, 1869 (Miller, 1971: 270, sub Mecopisthes dahli)

Staveleya huberti (Millidge, 1975) | | France (Corsica) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010877

Mecopisthes huberti Millidge, 1975c: 122, f. 20-25 (Df) Original description

Hypsocephalus huberti Millidge, 1978a: 119, f. 42, 44 (f, T from Mecopisthes)

Staveleya huberti Sherwood, 2021d: 65 (T from Hypsocephalus)

Staveleya huberti Montardi et al., 2023: 9, f. 4A-C, 5A-B (f)

Staveleya nesiotes (Simon, 1915) | | France (Corsica) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010878

Cnephalocotes nesiotes Simon, 1915b: 470 (Dm) Original description

Mecopisthes nesiotes Simon, 1926: 350, 486, f. 607-608 (m)

Mecopisthes nesiotes Millidge, 1975c: 125, f. 26-30 (m)

Hypsocephalus nesiotes Millidge, 1978a: 119, f. 24, 29, 39 (Tm from Mecopisthes)

Hypsocephalus nesiotes Canard & Cruveillier, 2016: 43 (year corrected from 1914 to 1915)

Staveleya nesiotes Sherwood, 2021d: 65 (T from Hypsocephalus)

Staveleya paulae (Simon, 1918) | | France, Switzerland, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010879

Cnephalocotes paulae Simon, 1918b: 153 (Dm) Original description

Mecopisthes paulae Simon, 1926: 351, 486, f. 609-611 (m, Df)

Hypsocephalus paulae Millidge, 1978a: 119, f. 25, 28, 38, 41 (Tmf from Mecopisthes)

Hypsocephalus paulae Hänggi, 1990: 156, f. 6-7 (f)

Hypsocephalus paulae Noflatscher, 1991: 81, f. 5-6 (m)

Hypsocephalus paulae Hansen, 1995: 16, f. 22 (m [prosoma])

Staveleya paulae Sherwood, 2021d: 65 (T from Hypsocephalus)

Staveleya pusilla (Menge, 1869) | | Central Europe and Italy to Greece and Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042650

Microneta pusilla Menge, 1869: 232, pl. 45, f. 130 (Dmf) Original description

Cnephalocotes dahli Lessert, 1909: 80, f. 1-4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010876]

Cnephalocotes dahli Lessert, 1910b: 139, f. 84-87 (m)

Mecopisthes perpusillus Miller, 1966: 149, pl. I, f. 1-16 (Dmf)

Mecopisthes dahli Miller, 1971: 270, pl. LXI, f. 30-32 (mf, removed from S of M. silus, S of Mecopisthes perpusillus)

Mecopisthes pusillus Wunderlich, 1972b: 300 (S of Mecopisthes dahli; rejected by Millidge, 1978a: 119)

Hypsocephalus dahli Millidge, 1978a: 119, f. 23, 26-27, 32, 37, 40, 43 (Tmf from Mecopisthes, rejected S with M. p., that name considered a nomen dubium)

Hypsocephalus dahli Frick, 2008: 35, f. 1-2 (mf)

Hypsocephalus pusillus Frick & Staręga, 2009: 12 (removed from nomen dubium, S of Hypsocephalus dahli)

Hypsocephalus dahli Gnelitsa, 2009a: 193, f. 3a-g (mf)

Staveleya pusilla Sherwood, 2021d: 65 (T from Hypsocephalus)

Staveleya pusilla Roušar, 2022c: 20, f. 2A-B (mf)