World Spider Catalog

Family: Linyphiidae

Arctilaira Chamberlin, 1921

GENUS | ACCEPTED

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Last updated: 2026-03-25

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 6

SYNONYM: 4

Taxonomic References

Original description Chamberlin, 1921c: 39 type Arctilaira bellans Chamberlin, 1921; gender feminine; syn. of Hilaira vexatrix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877)

Tanasevitch & Marusik, 2026: 119 N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Hilaira Simon, 1884 by Tanasevitch & Marusik, 2026: 119, rejecting Holm, 1960b: 119.

References

Chamberlin, R. V. (1921c). Linyphiidae of St. Paul Island, Alaska. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 29: 35-43. -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. & Marusik, Y. M. (2026). Reassessment of the spider genus Hilaira Simon, 1884. I. Revalidation of the genus Arctilaira Chamberlin, 1921 (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Invertebrate Zoology 23(1): 114-135. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.23.1.07 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-25	New taxonomic reference entry	Tanasevitch & Marusik, 2026
2026-03-25	Genus updated	Tanasevitch & Marusik, 2026	Old value

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