type Gonatium cheliferum Menge, 1868; gender neuter; syn. of Gonatium rubens (Blackwall, 1833)

Transferred to other genera:
Gonatium acripes Denis, 1962 -- see Ceratinopsis
Gonatium acripes infuscatum Denis, 1962 -- see Ceratinopsis
Gonatium cilunculum (Menge, 1869) -- see Hypomma
Gonatium femineum Roewer, 1942 -- see Araeoncus
Gonatium fuegianum Tullgren, 1901 -- see Catacercus
Gonatium griseolineatum Schenkel, 1936 -- see Gongylidioides
Gonatium inflatum Sørensen, 1898 -- see Scotinotylus
Gonatium insigne Bösenberg, 1902 -- see Oedothorax
Gonatium tumidum (Menge, 1871) -- see Hypomma

In synonymy:
Gonatium bifidum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) = Gonatium rubens (Blackwall, 1833) (Simon, 1926: 514).
Gonatium buettneri Schenkel, 1947 = Gonatium rubens (Blackwall, 1833) (Millidge, 1981d: 257).
Gonatium cheliferum (Wider, 1834) = Gonatium rubens (Blackwall, 1833) (Simon, 1884a: 554).
Gonatium cinctum Schenkel, 1936 = Gonatium japonicum Simon, 1906 (Millidge, 1981d: 257).
Gonatium corallipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) = Gonatium paradoxum (L. Koch, 1869) (Thaler, 1972a: 40).
Gonatium isabellinum (C. L. Koch, 1841) = Gonatium rubellum (Blackwall, 1841) (Simon, 1926: 514).
Gonatium opimum Oi, 1960 = Gonatium japonicum Simon, 1906 (Millidge, 1981d: 257).

Nomina dubia:
Gonatium amdoense Schenkel, 1963: 111, f. 65 (f, China) -- Millidge, 1981d: 259.
Gonatium convexum Kulczyński, 1885: 38, pl. 10, f. 17 (f, Russia/Kamchatka) -- Millidge, 1981d: 259, Marusik et al., 1993b: 83.
Gonatium crassiventre Strand, 1913a: 351 (f, DR Congo) -- Millidge, 1981d: 259.
Gonatium fuscum Bösenberg, 1902: 161, pl. 14, f. 217 (f, Germany) -- Breitling et al., 2015: 71.
Gonatium gilbum Bösenberg, 1902: 162, pl. 14, f. 218 (f, Germany) -- Breitling et al., 2015: 71.
Gonatium lividulum Simon, 1908d: 416 (f, Australia/Western Australia) -- Millidge, 1981d: 260.
Gonatium pallidum Bösenberg, 1902: 161, pl. 14, f. 215 (f, Germany) -- Breitling et al., 2015: 71.
Gonatium rufum Caporiacco, 1934b: 134, f. 6 (f, Libya) -- Millidge, 1981d: 260.

Gonatium arimaensis Oi, 1960a: 154, f. 63-68 (Dmf).
Gonatium arimaense Millidge, 1981d: 274, f. 28, 38, 77 (mf).
Gonatium arimaense Brignoli, 1983c: 339.
Gonatium arimaense Chikuni, 1989b: 57, f. 49 (mf).
Gonatium arimaense Namkung, 2002: 190, f. 17.42a-b (mf).
Gonatium arimaense Namkung, 2003: 192, f. 17.42a-b (mf).
Gonatium arimaense Lee, Kang & Kim, 2009: 127, f. 27a-c (mf).
Gonatium arimaense Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 268, f. 110-115 (mf).

Gonatium biimpressum Simon, 1884a: 551, f. 353-354 (Dm).
Gonatium biimpressum Denis, 1966h: 122, f. 9-11 (m).
Gonatium biimpressum Millidge, 1981d: 269, f. 43, 55, 61, 68 (m, Df).

Gonatium cappadocium Millidge, 1981d: 270, f. 63, 70 (Dmf).

Gonatium crassipalpus Bryant, 1933a: 173, pl. 1, f. 6, 8-10 (Dmf; specific epithet is a noun).
Gonatium rubens Kaston, 1948: 172, f. 471-472, 484-485 (mf; misidentified per Millidge, 1981d: 262).
Gonatium crassipalpum Millidge, 1981d: 262, f. 7, 11, 14, 18, 20, 23 (mf).
Gonatium crassipalpum Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 106, f. 1059-1062 (mf).

Gonatium dayense Simon, 1884a: 553 (Dm).
Gonatium dayense Denis, 1968c: 321, f. 8E-H (f).
Gonatium dayense Millidge, 1981d: 272, f. 46, 48, 57, 64, 71 (mf).
Gonatium dayense Bosmans, 2007: 127, f. 49-54 (mf).
Gonatium dayense Morano et al., 2021: 86, f. 5A-B (m).

Erigone ensipotens Simon, 1882d: 234 (Dm).
Gonatium ensipotens Simon, 1884a: 558, f. 362 (m, Df).
Gonatium ensipotens Simon, 1894a: 635, f. 602, 733 (m).
Gonatium ensipotens Simon, 1926: 430, 514, f. 768 (mf).
Gonatium ensipotens Brignoli, 1971d: 201, f. 109 (f).
Gonatium ensipotens Millidge, 1981d: 264, f. 9, 16, 21, 24 (mf).
Erigone ensipotens Frétey, 2023: 124 (year of description corrected).

Gonatium geniculosum Simon, 1918b: 154 (Dm).
Gonatium geniculosum Simon, 1926: 430, 514 (Df).
Gonatium geniculosum Millidge, 1981d: 264, f. 30, 32-33, 35 (mf).

Erigone hilaris Thorell, 1875a: 88 (Dm).
Erigone hilaris Thorell, 1875c: 36 (Dm).
Gonatium hilare Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 99, pl. 4, f. 11 (mf).
Gonatium hilare Simon, 1894a: 635, f. 735 (m).
Gonatium hilare Simon, 1926: 432, 515, f. 767 (mf; S of Gonatium nemorivagum, revalidated by Millidge, 1981d: 266).
Gonatium hilare Wiehle, 1960a: 346, f. 629-633 (mf).
Gonatium hilare Tystshenko, 1971: 246, f. 805, 810 (mf).
Gonatium hilare Miller, 1971: 264, pl. LIV, f. 29-30 (mf).
Gonatium hilare Millidge, 1981d: 266, f. 39, 44, 49-50, 52, 58, 65 (mf).
Gonatium hilare Bürgis, 1986b: 3, f. 1-4 (m).
Gonatium hilare Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 162, f. 444 (mf).
Gonatium hilare Pesarini, 1996: 422, f. 34-35 (mf).

Gonatium japonicum Simon, in Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 162 (D).
Gonatium cinctum Schenkel, 1936b: 55, f. 17 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056709].
Gonatium opimum Oi, 1960a: 155, f. 69-73 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056711].
Gonatium japonicum Millidge, 1981d: 272, f. 27, 37, 72-76 (mf, S of Gonatium cinctum and G. opimum).
Gonatium japonicum Yaginuma, 1986a: 83, f. 45.1 (mf).
Gonatium japonicum Chikuni, 1989b: 57, f. 50 (mf).
Gonatium japonicum Namkung, 2002: 191, f. 17.43a-b (mf).
Gonatium japonicum Namkung, 2003: 193, f. 17.43a-b (mf).
Gonatium japonicum Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 268, f. 116-120 (mf).
Gonatium japonicum Wang et al., 2015c: 142, f. 2i, 3i (f).
Gonatium japonicum Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 60, f. 36A-G (mf).

Erigone nemorivaga O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875b: 326, pl. 44, f. 3 (Dmf).
Gonatium nemorivaga Simon, 1884a: 549, f. 350-352 (mf).
Gonatium nemorivagum Millidge, 1981d: 266, f. 41-42, 51, 53, 59, 66 (mf; removed from S of Gonatium hilare, rejecting Simon, 1926: 515).
Gonatium nemorivagum Danışman, Coşar & Kunt, 2020: 14, f. 1A-D, 2A-C (mf).

Gonatium nipponicum Millidge, 1981d: 262, f. 8, 12, 15, 19 (Dmf).
Gonatium nipponicum Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 268, f. 121-124 (mf).

Gonatium occidentale Simon, 1918b: 155 (Dm).
Gonatium occidentale Simon, 1926: 432, 515, f. 763, 765 (m, Df).
Gonatium occidentale Millidge, 1981d: 268, f. 40, 47, 54, 60, 67 (mf).
Gonatium occidentale Bosmans, 2007: 127, f. 55-59 (mf).
Gonatium occidentale Morano et al., 2021: 86, f. 7A-B (m).

Gonatium orientale Fage, 1931: 144, f. 12 (Dmf).
Gonatium orientale Denis, 1952b: 7, f. 17-18 (f).
Gonatium orientale Millidge, 1981d: 265, f. 26, 31, 36 (mf).
Gonatium orientale Deltshev, 1985a: 363, f. 16-19 (mf).

Gonatium pacificum Eskov, 1989a: 108, f. 63-66 (Dmf).

Erigone paradoxa L. Koch, 1869: 184 (D).
Erigone corallipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875b: 328, pl. 44, f. 4 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056710].
Gonatium corallipes Simon, 1884a: 552, f. 355-356 (mf).
Gonatium corallipes Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 99, pl. 4, f. 12 (mf).
Gonatium corallipes Bösenberg, 1902: 159, pl. 14, f. 212 (mf).
Gonatium corallipes Simon, 1926: 432, 514, f. 769 (mf).
Gonatium corallipes Tullgren, 1955: 349, f. 52 (f).
Gonatium corallipes Locket & Millidge, 1957: 484, f. 4A (f).
Gonatium corallipes Wiehle, 1960a: 343, f. 623-628 (mf).
Gonatium corallipes Locket & Millidge, 1967: 177, f. 1A-B (m).
Gonatium corallipes Tystshenko, 1971: 246, f. 802, 808 (mf).
Gonatium corallipes Miller, 1971: 264, pl. LIV, f. 27-28 (mf).
Gonatium paradoxum Thaler, 1972a: 40, f. 1 (m, T from Erigone, S of Gonatium corallipes).
Gonatium corallipes Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 81, f. 49A-D (mf).
Gonatium corallipes Palmgren, 1976: 70, f. 10.12-13 (mf).
Gonatium corallipes Millidge, 1977: 19, f. 95 (m).
Gonatium paradoxum Millidge, 1981d: 272, f. 45, 56, 62, 69 (mf).
Gonatium paradoxum Roberts, 1987: 52, f. 18c, 19c (mf).
Gonatium paradoxum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 162, f. 443 (mf).

Gonatium petrunkewitschi Caporiacco, 1949a: 361, f. 25a-b (Dm).
Gonatium petrunkevitchi Scharff, 1990b: 145 (misplaced in this genus, incertae sedis, species inquirenda).

Neriene rubella Blackwall, 1841a: 648 (Dmf).
Micryphantes isabellinus C. L. Koch, 1841a: 109, f. 676-678 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060295].
Erigone isabellina Westring, 1851: 44.
Neriene rubellum Blackwall, 1864a: 281, pl. 19, f. 194 (mf).
Gonatium isabellinum Menge, 1868: 182, pl. 34, f. 83 (mf).
Neriene isabellina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 112.
Gonatium rubellum Simon, 1884a: 556, f. 360-361 (mf).
Gonatium isabellinum Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 99, pl. 4, f. 10 (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Becker, 1896: 108, pl. 11, f. 1 (mf).
Gonatium isabellinum Bösenberg, 1902: 159, pl. 14, f. 213 (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Simon, 1926: 431, 514, f. 764 (f, S of Gonatium isabellinum).
Gonatium rubellum Locket & Millidge, 1953: 231, f. 140C-D, G (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Wiehle, 1960a: 340, f. 618-622 (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Tystshenko, 1971: 246, f. 801, 807 (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Miller, 1971: 264, pl. LIV, f. 24-26 (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Palmgren, 1976: 71, f. 10.10-11 (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Millidge, 1981d: 264, f. 25, 29, 34 (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Roberts, 1987: 52, f. 18b, 19b (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 162, f. 442 (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Roberts, 1995: 349, f. (mf).
Gonatium rubellum Roberts, 1998: 362, f. (mf).

Neriene rubens Blackwall, 1833: 189 (Dmf).
Theridion cheliferum Wider, 1834: 231, pl. 16, f. 4 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060296].
Micryphantes rubens C. L. Koch, 1837b: 12 (here per Bonnet, 1957: 2909, contra Roewer, 1955c: 1590: as nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium).
Argus cheliferus Walckenaer, 1841: 364.
Erigone chelifera Westring, 1861: 264.
Neriene bifida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863: 8587 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060297].
Micryphantes cheliferus Six, 1863: 126.
Melicertus chelyfer Simon, 1864: 195.
Neriene rubens Blackwall, 1864a: 270, pl. 17, f. 184 (mf).
Gonatium cheliferum Menge, 1868: 180, pl. 34, f. 82 (mf).
Erigone chelifera Thorell, 1871a: 129.
Neriene bifida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873b: 449, pl. 34, f. 14 (m).
Gonatium rubens Emerton, 1882: 60, pl. 23, f. 6 (mf).
Erigone rubens Dahl, 1883: 48.
Gonatium rubens Simon, 1884a: 554, f. 357-359 (mf, S of Gonatium cheliferum).
Gonatium bifidum Simon, 1884a: 563.
Gonatium rubens Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 99, pl. 4, f. 9 (mf).
Gonatium rubens Simon, 1894a: 665, f. 734 (m).
Gonatium rubens Becker, 1896: 106, pl. 10, f. 9 (mf).
Neriene rubens Smith, 1901b: 9, f. 1a (m).
Gonatium rubens Bösenberg, 1902: 160, pl. 14, f. 214 (mf).
Gonatium rubens Simon, 1926: 430, 514, f. 766 (mf, S of Gonatium bifidum).
Gonatium rubens Bishop & Crosby, 1935c: 255, pl. 20, f. 44-47 (mf).
Gonatium büttneri Schenkel, 1947: 4, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056708].
Gonatium ensipotens Hull, 1951: 95, f. 11-12 (mf; misidentified per Millidge, 1981d: 264).
Gonatium rubens Locket & Millidge, 1953: 229, f. 140A-B, E-F (mf).
Gonatium rubens Brændegaard, 1958: 45, f. 35-36 (mf).
Gonatium rubens Wiehle, 1960a: 336, f. 611-617 (mf).
Gonatium rubens Merrett, 1963b: 390, f. 50A-B (m).
Gonatium rubens Tystshenko, 1971: 246, f. 799, 809 (mf).
Gonatium rubens Miller, 1971: 262, pl. LIV, f. 31-32 (mf).
Gonatium rubens Ono, 1975a: 19, f. 1-4 (m).
Gonatium rubens Palmgren, 1976: 71, f. 10.6-9 (mf).
Gonatium rubens Millidge, 1981d: 260, f. 1-6, 10, 13, 17, 22 (mf, S of Gonatium buettneri).
Gonatium buettneri Brignoli, 1983c: 339.
Gonatium rubens Roberts, 1987: 52, f. 18a, 19a (mf).
Gonatium rubens Izmailova, 1989: 85, f. 64 (m).
Gonatium rubens Tanasevitch, 1990: 102, f. 22.18, 23.10 (mf).
Gonatium rubens Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 162, f. 441 (mf).
Gonatium rubens Roberts, 1995: 349, f. (mf).
Gonatium rubens Agnarsson, 1996: 86, f. 77A-C (mf).
Gonatium rubens Roberts, 1998: 361, f. (mf).
Gonatium rubens Hormiga, 2000: 37, f. 10A-G, pl. 27A-F (mf).
Gonatium rubens Danışman, Coşar & Kunt, 2020: 15, f. 3A-E (m).

Gonatium strugaensis Drensky, 1929: 39, 72, pl. 4, f. 4-7 (Dmf).