World Spider Catalog

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. Aphileta Hull, 1920 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00837

type Linyphia turbatrix O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 (preoccupied by Linyphia turbatrix O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (= Lepthyphantes)) = Linyphia misera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (replacement name); gender feminine

N.B.: revalidation of Aphileta considered by Denis, 1968b: 8, because Hillhousia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 is a synonym of Erigone Audouin, 1826; synonymy of Saaristoa Millidge, 1978 with Aphileta, proposed by Breitling, 2019b: 27 and Breitling, 2021: 20, not accepted here as it is based mainly on COI, see FAQ 7).

Transferred to other genera:

Aphileta microtarsus (Emerton, 1882) -- see Eulaira

In synonymy:

Aphileta concava (Emerton, 1882, T from Sciastes) = Aphileta misera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) (Holm, 1968a: 189, sub Hillhousia)

Aphileta imbecillior (Dahl, 1902, T from Oreonetides) = Aphileta misera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) (Wiehle, 1956: 246, sub Hillhousia)

Homonym replaced:

Aphileta turbatrix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) -- see Aphileta misera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882b

Aphileta centrasiatica Eskov, 1995 | | Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009411

Aphileta centrasiatica Eskov in Eskov & Marusik, 1995: 57, f. 23-24 (Df) Original description

Aphileta misera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) | | North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009413 TYPE SPECIES

Linyphia turbatrix O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879e: 206 (Dmf; preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877, see Lepthyphantes turbatrix) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058701]

Tmeticus concavus Emerton, 1882: 57, pl. 17, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055430]

Linyphia misera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882b: 262 (replacement name) Original description

Lepthyphantes miser Simon, 1884a: 321 (f; m f. 89 see Palliduphantes ericaeus)

Gongylidium concavum Simon, 1884a: 500

Erigone concava Marx, 1890a: 533

Hilhousia turbatrix F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894b: 90, pl. 1, f. 13 (m)

Bathyphantes miser Bösenberg, 1901: 88, pl. 7, f. 102 (m)

Oreonetides imbecillior Dahl, 1902b: 199 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055431]

Oreonetides imbecillior Dahl, 1903: 184 (D)

Porrhomma miser O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904a: 153

Oedothorax concavus Crosby, 1905a: 311

Oreonetides imbecillior Dahl, 1912b: 611 (Dmf)

Aphileta turbatrix Hull, 1920a: 8

Sciastes concavus Bishop & Crosby, 1938: 76, pl. 5, f. 46-47 (m, Df)

Eulaira concava Chamberlin & Ivie, 1945b: 5 (T from Sciastes)

Sciastes concavus Kaston, 1948: 211, f. 682 (m, T from Eulaira)

Oreonetides imbecillior Miller, 1951: 218, pl. I, f. 14-17 (mf)

Hillhousia misera Locket & Millidge, 1953: 327, f. 198A-C (mf, T from Lepthyphantes)

Hillhousia misera Wiehle, 1956: 246, f. 410-415 (mf, S of Oreonetides imbecillior)

Hillhousia misera Merrett, 1963b: 407, f. 77A-B (m)

Hillhousia misera Holm, 1968a: 189 (S of Sciastes concavus)

Hillhousia misera Miller, 1971: 240, pl. XLVII, f. 24-25 (mf)

Aphileta misera Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 104

Hillhousia misera Palmgren, 1975: 92, f. 23.3-4 (mf)

Aphileta misera Millidge, 1977: 48, f. 193 (m)

Aphileta misera Roberts, 1987: 113, f. 55b (mf)

Aphileta misera Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 114, f. 327 (mf)

Aphileta misera Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 89, f. 772-775 (mf)