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.
Nomina dubia
Schoenobates Blackwall, 1850, type S. walkeri Blackwall, 1850 --
Roewer, 1955c: 1652