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. Gracilentus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05920
type Gracilentus denticulatus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022; gender masculine
Gracilentus denticulatus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057066 TYPE SPECIES
Gracilentus denticulatus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 104, f. 120A-D, 121A-E, 122A-C, 123A-E (Dmf) Original description
Gracilentus mangshanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063569
Gracilentus mangshanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng in Irfan et al., 2025a: 81, f. 103A-D, 104A-B (Df) Original description
Gracilentus serratus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057067
Gracilentus serratus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 109, f. 124A-C, 125A-B (Df) Original description
Gracilentus tenchongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057068
Gracilentus tenchongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 110, f. 126A-C, 127A-B (Df) Original description

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