N.B.: described as a subgenus of Linyphia; considered a senior synonym of Argyroepeira Emerton, 1884: 331 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05322] by Simon, 1903a: 999; Argyroepeira considered a senior synonym of Callinethis Thorell, 1887: 134 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05322] (type Epeira grata Guérin, 1838) by Simon, 1894a: 727; Leucauge confirmed as a senior synonym of Opas O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 184 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03811] (type O. lugens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) and Plesiometa F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 438 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05324] (type Tetragnatha argyra Walckenaer, 1841) by Levi, 1980a: 23, contra Archer, 1951a: 7-8; Opas was removed from the synonymy by Levi, 2008b: 167 and again synonymized with Leucauge by Ballesteros & Hormiga, 2021: 932; Mecynometa Simon, 1894a: 737 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01383] (type Meta globosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) was synonymised with Leucauge by Levi, 1986a: 105, revalidated by Levi, 1991a: 178 and validity confirmed by Levi, 2008b, again synonymized with Leucauge by Ballesteros & Hormiga, 2021: 932; considered a senior synonym of Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895a: 930 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01433] (type A. licinus Simon, 1895) and Opadometa Archer, 1951a: 8 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01399] (type Epeira grata Guérin, 1838) by Ballesteros & Hormiga, 2021: 932; considered a senior synonym of Chrysaster Kishida, 1933: 73 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05822] (type C. typicus Kishida, 1933 = Leucauge subgemmea Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) by Ono & Ogata, 2018: 647 (by S of the type species; the genus was regarded a nomen nudum by Yaginuma, in Brignoli, 1983c: 220, sub Chrysater).

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