Taxa included

Millidge, A. F. (1978a). The genera Mecopisthes Simon and Hypsocephalus n.gen. and their phylogenetic relationships (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4(3, 1977): 113-123.

Taxon
Staveleya pusilla (Menge, 1869) (Linyphiidae) 113, (nomen dubium), Mecopisthes pusillus
Mecopisthes crassirostris (Simon, 1884) (Linyphiidae) 113, f. 3, 12 (m), Mecopisthes crassirostris
Mecopisthes nicaeensis (Simon, 1884) (Linyphiidae) 113, f. 16, (m; lapsus), Mecopisthes nicaensis
Mecopisthes peuceticus Caporiacco, 1951 (Linyphiidae) 113, f. 11 (m), Mecopisthes peuceticus
Mecopisthes peusi Wunderlich, 1972 (Linyphiidae) 113, f. 7, 14-15, 20, 34 (mf), Mecopisthes peusi
Mecopisthes pictonicus Denis, 1950 (Linyphiidae) 113, (removed from S of Mecopisthes silus [rejecting Denis, 1964d: 244], possible senior S of M. peusi), Mecopisthes pictonicus
Mecopisthes silus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (Linyphiidae) 113, f. 1-2, 8-10, 18-19 (mf), Mecopisthes silus
Mecopisthes latinus Millidge, 1978 (Linyphiidae) 116, f. 4-6, 13, 17, 21-22 (Dmf), Mecopisthes latinus Original description
Staveleya huberti (Millidge, 1975) (Linyphiidae) 119, f. 42, 44 (f, T from Mecopisthes), Hypsocephalus huberti
Staveleya nesiotes (Simon, 1915) (Linyphiidae) 119, f. 24, 29, 39 (m, T from Mecopisthes), Hypsocephalus nesiotes
Staveleya paulae (Simon, 1918) (Linyphiidae) 119, f. 25, 28, 38, 41 (mf, T from Mecopisthes), Hypsocephalus paulae
Staveleya pusilla (Menge, 1869) (Linyphiidae) 119, f. 23, 26-27, 32, 37, 40, 43, (mf, T from Mecopisthes, removed from S with Mecopisthes pusillus, rejecting Wunderlich, 1972b: 300, S confirmed by Frick & Staręga, 2009: 12), Hypsocephalus dahli
Pelecopsis coccinea (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) (Linyphiidae) 119, f. 31, 35 (m), Pelecopsis coccinea
Silometopus ambiguus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906) (Linyphiidae) 119, f. 30, 33 (m), Silometopus ambiguus
Hypsocephalus Millidge, 1978 (Linyphiidae) 119, type Cnephalocotes dahli Lessert, 1909; gender masculine; syn. of Hypsocephalus pusillus (Menge, 1869) Original description

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