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; other subfamilies are Erigoninae Emerton, 1882: 7 and Mynogleninae Lehtinen, 1967: 250.

In synonymy:

Asemonetes Millidge, 1991 = Asemostera Simon, 1898 (Miller, 2007a: 162)

Caleurema Millidge, 1991 = Asemostera Simon, 1898 (Miller, 2007a: 162)

Ochronetria Millidge, 1991 = Asemostera Simon, 1898 (Miller, 2007a: 162)

Pelidida Simon, 1898 = Asemostera Simon, 1898 (Miller, 2007a: 162)

Gen. Asemostera Simon, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00845

N.B.: transferred from the Agelenidae to the Linyphiidae by Roth, 1965: 291; considered a senior synonym of Pelidida Simon, 1898a: 270 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01898] (transferred from the Agelenidae by Roth, 1965: 292, type P. albida Simon, 1898 = Asemostera latithorax (Keyserling, 1886)), of Caleurema Millidge, 1991: 60 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00873] (type C. involutum Millidge, 1991), of Asemonetes Millidge, 1991: 62 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00844](type A. arcanus Millidge, 1991) and of Ochronetria Millidge, 1991: 192 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01151] (type O. pallida Millidge, 1991) by Miller, 2007a: 162.

In synonymy:

Asemostera albida (Simon, 1898) = Asemostera latithorax Keyserling, 1886 (Miller, 2007a: 169)

Asemostera arcana (Millidge, 1991) | | Costa Rica to Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009496

Asemonetes arcanus Millidge, 1991: 63, f. 206-209 (Dm; not f, =A. enkidu) Original description

Asemostera arcana Miller, 2007a: 172, f. 127C-D, H (m)

Asemostera daedalus Miller, 2007 | | Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039878

Asemostera daedalus Miller, 2007a: 166, f. 124E, 126C-D, H, 128B-C, J-K, 129C-D, 130C-D, 131C-D, F, 133A-F (Dmf) Original description

Asemostera dianae Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2012 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045495

Asemostera dianae Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2012: 78, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Asemostera enkidu Miller, 2007 | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039879

Asemonetes arcanus Millidge, 1991: 63, f. 210-211 (f, misidentified)

Asemostera enkidu Miller, 2007a: 173, f. 124H, 127E-F, I, 128F (Dmf) Original description

Asemostera involuta (Millidge, 1991) | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009655

Caleurema involutum Millidge, 1991: 62, f. 200, 202-205 (Dm) Original description

Asemostera involuta Miller, 2007a: 171, f. 124G, 127A-B, G, 128E, L-M, 129E-F, 130E-F (m, Df)

Asemostera janetae Miller, 2007 | | Peru, Bolivia, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039880

Asemostera janetae Miller & Hormiga, 2004: 412, f. 15A, 17E-F (m, nomen nudum)

Asemostera janetae Miller, 2007a: 163, f. 124D, 126A-B, G, 128A, H-I, N, 129A-B, 130A-B, 131A-B, E, 132A-F (Dmf) Original description

Asemostera latithorax (Keyserling, 1886) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009497

Erigone latithorax Keyserling, 1886b: 274, pl. 21, f. 324 (Dm) Original description

Pelidida albida Simon, 1898a: 270 (Dmf)

Asemostera latithorax Simon, 1898a: 264, f. 266-271 (m)

Asemostera latithorax Miller, 2007a: 168, f. 124F, 126E-F, I, 128D (m, Sf)

Asemostera pallida (Millidge, 1991) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012064

Ochronetria pallida Millidge, 1991: 192, f. 828-830 (Df) Original description

Asemostera pallida Miller, 2007a: 173, f. 124I, 128G, O-P (f)

Asemostera tacuapi Rodrigues, 2007 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041351

Asemostera tacuapi Rodrigues, 2007: 883, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description