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:

Haemathyphantes Caporiacco, 1949 = Ostearius Hull, 1911 (van Helsdingen, 1977: 182)

Gen. Ostearius Hull, 1911 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01166

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Haemathyphantes Caporiacco, 1949a: 360 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05404] (type H. denisi Caporiacco, 1949 = Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)) by van Helsdingen, 1977: 182.

Transferred to other genera:

Ostearius delli Forster, 1955 -- see Gasparia

In synonymy:

Ostearius analis (Simon, 1894, T from Oedothorax) = Ostearius melanopygius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Wunderlich, 1976c: 140)

Ostearius arcuata (Tullgren, 1901, T from Oedothorax) = Ostearius melanopygius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Holm, 1962: 187)

Ostearius atriventer (Urquhart, 1887, T from Erigone) = Ostearius melanopygius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Millidge, 1985: 42)

Ostearius denisi (Caporiacco, 1949) = Ostearius melanopygius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (van Helsdingen, 1977: 182)

Ostearius insulanus (Simon, 1900, T from Microneta) = Ostearius melanopygius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (van Helsdingen, 1973c: 8)

Ostearius matei (Keyserling, 1886, T from Oedothorax) = Ostearius melanopygius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Holm, 1962: 186)

Ostearius melacrus (Chamberlin, 1916, T from Scolopembolus) = Ostearius melanopygius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Ivie, 1967: 129)

Ostearius melanura (Simon, 1908, T from Ceratinopsis) = Ostearius melanopygius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Machado, 1982: 141)

Ostearius striaticeps (Keyserling, 1886, T from Erigone) = Ostearius melanopygius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Miller, 2007a: 30)

Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) | | South America. Introduced to Canada, Europe, Canary Is. to Turkey and Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012182

Linyphia melanopygia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880a: 696, pl. 53, f. 13 (Dm) Original description

Erigone matei Keyserling, 1886b: 159, pl. 16, f. 224 (Dmf)

Erigone striaticeps Keyserling, 1886b: 209, f. 268 (Df)

Linyphia melanopygius Urquhart, 1887: 101 (Df)

Erigone atriventer Urquhart, 1887: 102 (Df)

Neriene analis Simon, 1894a: 667 (Df)

Microneta insulana Simon, 1900a: 461, pl. 13, f. 15 (Dm)

Neriene arcuata Tullgren, 1901b: 200, pl. 16, f. 3 (Df)

Neriene matei Tullgren, 1901b: 199, pl. 16, f. 1 (m)

Tmeticus nigricauda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908a: 141, pl. A-B, f. 35-41 (Dmf)

Ceratinopsis melanura Simon, 1908d: 416 (Dmf)

Oedothorax melanopygia Strand, 1909g: 553

Oedothorax arcuatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 260

Oedothorax matei Petrunkevitch, 1911: 263

Ostearius nigricauda Hull, 1911a: 583

Oedothorax melacra Chamberlin, 1916: 236, pl. 17, f. 6-7 (Dmf)

Erigone atriventris Bryant, 1933b: 19, pl. 3, f. 26 (f)

Scolopembolus melacrus Bishop & Crosby, 1938: 64, pl. 3, f. 16-17 (mf)

Oedothorax melanopygus Annen, 1941: 110, f. 2 (lapsus for O. m., Nishikawa, 1977b: 362)

Ostearius melanopygius Denis & Dresco, 1946: 103, f. 1-5 (mf)

Haemathyphantes denisi Caporiacco, 1949a: 360, f. 24 (Df)

Ostearius melanopygius Locket & Millidge, 1953: 326, f. 197D-G (mf)

Erigone striaticeps Roewer, 1955c: 1502 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Ostearius melanopygius Oi, 1960a: 187, f. 196-199 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Oi, 1960b: 3, f. 1-4 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Wiehle, 1960b: 201, f. 8-15 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Holm, 1962: 186, f. 73a-d, pl. VI, f. 14 (mf, S)

Ostearius melanopygius Merrett, 1963b: 411, f. 85A-C (m)

Ostearius melanopygius Ivie, 1967: 129 (S)

Ostearius melanopygius Miller, 1970: 145, pl. XLII, f. 1-3 (f)

Ostearius melanopygius van Helsdingen, 1973c: 8 (S)

Ostearius melanopygius Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 103, f. 65F (m)

Ostearius melanopygius Wunderlich, 1976c: 140 (S)

Ostearius melanopygius van Helsdingen, 1977: 182 (S)

Ostearius melanopygius Millidge, 1977: 37, f. 149 (m)

Ostearius melanopygius Kaston, 1977: 23, f. 16-17 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Thaler, 1978a: 186, f. 18 (m)

Ostearius melanopygius Machado, 1982: 141 (S)

Ostearius melanopygius Seo & Sohn, 1984: 114, f. 6-11 (f)

Ostearius melanopygius Millidge, 1984b: 239, f. 19, 31 (f)

Ostearius melanopygius Millidge, 1985: 42, f. 158-163 (mf, S)

Ostearius melanopygius Yaginuma, 1986a: 70, f. 37.3 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Roberts, 1987: 113, f. 55a (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Irie & Saito, 1987: 21, f. 15-16 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Millidge, 1988a: 61, f. 282-286 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Chikuni, 1989b: 53, f. 31 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 228, f. 610 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Pekar, 1994: 100, f. 5-7, 9 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Roberts, 1995: 350, f. (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Kronestedt, 1996: 11, unnumbered f. (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Agnarsson, 1996: 128, f. 137A-B (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Roberts, 1998: 362, f. (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Hormiga, 2000: 49, f. 22A-H, pl. 52A-F, 53A-F, 77D (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Hu, 2001: 531, f. 354.1-8 (mf)

Osterarius melanopygius Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 157, f. 91A-B (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Namkung, 2002: 172, f. 17.25a-b (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 146, f. 1612-1614 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Namkung, 2003: 174, f. 17.25a-b (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Bosmans, 2007: 136, f. 136-140 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Miller, 2007a: 30, f. 9I (f, S)

Ostearius melanopygius Bayram et al., 2007c: 83, f. 1b-c (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Pajunen, Terhivuo & Koponen, 2008: 111, f. 2a-b (f)

Ostearius melanopygius Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 308, f. 682-684 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 56, f. 31.9-10 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Rozwałka & Stachowicz, 2010: 159, f. 1 (f)

Ostearius melanopygius El-Hennawy et al., 2016: 64, f. 1-10 (mf)

Ostearius melanopygius Dippenaar-Schoeman, Haddad & Steenkamp, 2023: 18, f. 1-13 (mf)

Ostearius muticus Gao, Gao & Zhu, 1994 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012183

Ostearius muticus Gao, Gao & Zhu, 1994: 124, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Ostearius muticus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 203, f. 114F-I (mf)