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. Wuliphantes Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06020
type Wuliphantes trigyrus Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Wuliphantes kisoensis (Oi, 1960, T from Porrhomma) = Wuliphantes tateyamaensis (Oi, 1960) (Yaginuma, 1986a: 74, sub Bathyphantes)

Wuliphantes dahonghaiensis Irfan, C. C. Zhang, Cai & Z. S. Zhang, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065365
Wuliphantes dahonghaiensis Irfan et al., 2025b: 443, f. 8A-D, 9A-E, 10A-D (Dmf) Original description
Wuliphantes guanshan (Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2022) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054214
Bathyphantes guanshan Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2022: 18, f. 1A-D, 2A-C, 3A-B (Dmf) Original description
Wuliphantes guanshan Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023b: 70, f. 55A-D, 56A-C, 57A-B (mf, T from Bathyphantes)
Wuliphantes tateyamaensis (Oi, 1960) | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009600
Porrhomma kisoensis Oi, 1960a: 190, f. 211-213 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058714]
Porrhomma tateyamaensis Oi, 1960a: 191, f. 214-216 (Dmf) Original description
Bathyphantes tateyamaensis Saito, 1982d: 34 (T from Porrhomma)
Porrhomma kisoense Brignoli, 1983c: 310
Porrhomma tateyamaense Brignoli, 1983c: 311
Bathyphantes tateyamensis Yaginuma, 1986a: 74 (S of Porrhomma kisoense)
Microbathyphantes tateyamaensis Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 334, f. 1138-1141 (mf, T from Bathyphantes)
Microbathyphantes tateyamaensis Suzuki & Hisasue, 2024b: 73, f. 5G-H, 6G-I (mf)
Wuliphantes tateyamaensis Tanasevitch, 2026b: 341, f. 4C-D (f, T from Microbathyphantes)
Wuliphantes tongluensis (Chen & Song, 1988) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009601
Bathyphantes tongluensis Chen & Song, 1988: 42, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description
Bathyphantes tongluensis Chen & Zhang, 1991: 170, f. 168.1-4 (mf)
Bathyphantes tongluensis Li, Song & Zhu, 1994: 79, f. 8-9 (f)
Bathyphantes tongluensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 159, f. 87D-E, J-K (mf)
Bathyphantes tongluensis Yin et al., 2012: 480, f. 219a-e (mf)
Wuliphantes tongluensis Yang, Yao & Li, 2023: 3, f. 1a-b, 2a, 3a-c, 5a (mf)
Wuliphantes tongluensis Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023b: 70, f. 58A-D, 59A-C, 60A-B (mf, T from Bathyphantes)
Wuliphantes tongluensis Irfan et al., 2025a: 228, f. 298A-B, 299A-C, 300A-F (mf)
Wuliphantes trigyrus Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058296 TYPE SPECIES
Wuliphantes trigyrus Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023b: 70, f. 61A-D, 62A-C, 63A-B (Dmf) Original description
Wuliphantes trigyrus Tanasevitch, 2026b: 341, f. 4A-B (m)
Wuliphantes yaan Yao & Li, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059636
Wuliphantes yaan Yao & Li, in Yang, Yao & Li, 2023: 6, f. 2b, 4a-c, 5b, 6a-b, 7a-d (Dmf) Original description

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