Family: Linyphiidae

Kaestneria Wiehle, 1956

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered valid by Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 113, Millidge, 1984b: 241 and Merrett, Locket & Millidge, 1985: 399, contra Ivie, 1969: 64 (who considered it a subgenus of Bathyphantes Menge, 1866); not a junior synonym of Cresmatoneta Simon, 1929 (Millidge, 1984b: 241, contra Millidge, 1977: 46); considered a senior synonym of Coniphantes Ivie, 1969: 56 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06133] (type Linyphia pullata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863, subgenus of Bathyphantes) by Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 113 (by transfer of the type species); not included in a subfamily of Linyphiidae but in an unranked linyphiid clade by da Silva-Moreira, Kulkarni & Hormiga, 2025: 62.

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Last updated: 2025-06-21

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 7

SYNONYM: 12

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Wiehle, 1956: 272 type Linyphia dorsalis Wider, 1834; gender feminine
Reference

Wiehle, H. (1956). Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae – Baldachinspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337. -- Show included taxa

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