type Neriene variegata Blackwall, 1841; gender feminine

N.B.: not a junior synonym of Drapetisca Menge, 1866 (Merrett, Locket & Millidge, 1985: 399, contra Millidge, 1977: 43); the elevation of the subgenus Acanthoneta Eskov & Marusik, 1992 to generic status by Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996b: 175 was not accompanied by a diagnosis or justification; subgenus Acanthoneta Eskov & Marusik, 1992 elevated to genus by Sun, Marusik & Tu, 2014: 88; the synonymies of Acanthoneta, Agnyphantes Hull, 1932 and Obscuriphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000 with Poeciloneta, proposed by Breitling, 2019b: 29 and Breitling, 2021: 22, are not accepted here as they are based mainly on COI (see FAQ 7).

Transferred to other genera:
Poeciloneta aggressa (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) -- see Acanthoneta
Poeciloneta dokutchaevi Eskov & Marusik, 1994 -- see Acanthoneta
Poeciloneta furcata (Emerton, 1913) -- see Acanthoneta
Poeciloneta hengshanensis (Chen & Yin, 2000) -- see Acanoides

In synonymy:
Poeciloneta berthae (Levi & Levi, 1955) = Poeciloneta lyrica (Zorsch, 1937) (Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 260).
Poeciloneta contrita (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873, T from Tmeticus) = Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall, 1841) (Bristowe, 1939: 90, sub Poeciloneta globosa).
Poeciloneta finitima (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871, T from Tmeticus) = Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall, 1841) (Bristowe, 1939: 90, sub Poeciloneta globosa).
Poeciloneta gracilis (Westring, 1851, T from Linyphia) = Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall, 1841) (Simon, 1884a: 334, sub Bathyphantes).
Poeciloneta picturata (L. Koch, 1879, T from Linyphia) = Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall, 1841) (Holm, 1973: 97).
Poeciloneta yanensis Marusik & Koponen, 2002 = Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall, 1841) (Tanasevitch, 2010e: 276).

Poeciloneta ancora Zhai & Zhu, 2008b: 63, f. 8-14 (Dmf).

Poeciloneta bellona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 13, f. 18 (Df).
Incestophantes calcaratus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 260 (S, rejected).
Poeciloneta bellona Slowik, 2010: 142, f. 1-7 (removed f from S of Incestophantes calcaratus, Dm).

Bathyphantes bihamata Emerton, 1882: 72, pl. 23, f. 4 (Dm).
Linyphia bihamata Marx, 1890a: 527.
Lepthyphantes bihamatus Zorsch, 1937: 884, pl. 4, f. 60-63 (m, Df).
Lepthyphantes bihamatus Locket, 1968: 90, f. 17A-B (m).
Poeciloneta bihamata Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 260 (T from from Lepthyphantes).
Lepthyphantes bihamatus Buckle et al., 2001: 127.
Lepthyphantes bihamatus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 140, f. 1553-1555 (mf).

Bathyphantes calcaratus Emerton, 1909: 197, pl. 4, f. 13 (Dm).
Lepthyphantes calcaratus Zorsch, 1937: 874, pl. 3, f. 40-43 (m).
Incestophantes calcaratus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 260 (Tm from Lepthyphantes, Sf, rejected).
Lepthyphantes calcaratus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 141, f. 1556-1558 (mf).
Poeciloneta calcaratus Slowik, 2010: 143, f. 8-14 (Tmf from Incestophantes).

Poeciloneta canionis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943: 13, f. 17 (Df).

Linyphia fructuosa Keyserling, 1886b: 72, pl. 13, f. 171 (Dm).
Bathyphantes occidentalis Emerton, 1915b: 157, pl. 2, f. 11 (Dmf).
Lepthyphantes occidentalis Emerton, 1920: 319.
Lepthyphantes fructuosus Zorsch, 1937: 883, pl. 4, f. 58-59 (mf).
Poeciloneta fructuosa Crawford, 1988: 19 (Tmf from Lepthyphantes).

Lepthyphantes lyrica Zorsch, 1937: 875, pl. 3, f. 44-45 (Dm).
Lepthyphantes lyricus Roewer, 1942a: 561.
Lepthyphantes berthae Levi & Levi, 1955: 33, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060271].
Poeciloneta berthae Crawford, 1988: 19 (T from Lepthyphantes).
Poeciloneta lyrica Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 260, f. 13-14, 20-21 (mf, T from Lepthyphantes, S of Poeciloneta berthae).
Lepthyphantes lyricus Buckle et al., 2001: 128.
Poeciloneta lyrica Saaristo, in Marusik & Koponen, 2008a: 10, pl. 3 (m).

Poeciloneta pallida Kulczyński, 1908b: 42, pl. 2, f. 54-55, 63 (Df).
Poeciloneta pallida Holm, 1970: 197, f. 23 (f).
Poeciloneta pallida Tanasevitch, 1989b: 129, f. 6-10 (f, Dm).

Poeciloneta petrophila Tanasevitch, 1989b: 130, f. 16-21 (Dmf).

Poeciloneta tanasevitchi Marusik, 1991c: 63, f. 2.1-4, 3.4-5 (Dmf).

Bathyphantes theridiformis Emerton, 1911: 396, pl. 3, f. 6 (Dmf).
Lepthyphantes theridiformis Zorsch, 1937: 876, pl. 3, f. 46-48 (mf).
Poeciloneta theridiformis Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127 (Tmf from Lepthyphantes).
Poeciloneta theridiformis Eskov & Marusik, 1994: 52, f. 52-53 (f).
Poeciloneta theridiformis Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 147, f. 1629-1631 (mf).

Poeciloneta vakkhanka Tanasevitch, 1989b: 129, f. 11-15 (Dmf).

Neriene variegata Blackwall, 1841a: 650 (Dmf).
Argus variegatus Walckenaer, 1847a: 513.
Linyphia gracilis Westring, 1851: 37 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060274].
Linyphia gracilis Westring, 1861: 138 (Df).
Neriene variegata Blackwall, 1864a: 282, pl. 19, f. 195 (mf).
Linyphia finitima O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871a: 426 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060275].
Linyphia contrita O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873c: 537, pl. 46, f. 7 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060276].
Linyphia picturata L. Koch, 1879c: 22, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060272].
Linyphia variegata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 189.
Tapinopa finitima O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881a: 511.
Bathyphantes variegatus Simon, 1884a: 334, f. 102-104 (mf, S of Linyphia gracilis).
Porrhomma contritum Simon, 1884a: 372.
Poeciloneta variegata Kulczyński, in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 71, pl. 3, f. 9 (mf).
Bathyphantes variegatus Becker, 1896: 51, pl. 7, f. 2 (mf).
Poeciloneta variegata Bösenberg, 1901: 91, pl. 8, f. 109 (mf).
Tmeticus finitimus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 33.
Tmeticus contritus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 33.
Bathyphantes variegatus Smith, 1901b: 196, p. 109: f. a-b (mf).
Poeciloneta globosa Lessert, 1910b: 243 (m; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta variegata Simon, 1929: 618, 740 (removed from S of Poeciloneta globosa [= Microlinyphia pusilla], rejecting Strand, 1907e: 227).
Poeciloneta globosa Bristowe, 1939: 90 (S of Tmeticus contritus and T. finitimus; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta globosa Locket & Millidge, 1953: 369, f. 221F-G (mf; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta globosa Wiehle, 1956: 223, f. 370-374 (mf; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta globosa Merrett, 1963b: 362, f. 15A-F (m; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta variegata Holm, 1970: 197, f. 24 (f).
Poeciloneta variegata Tystshenko, 1971: 211, f. 696-698 (mf).
Poeciloneta variegata Holm, 1973: 97 (S of Linyphia picturata).
Poeciloneta globosa Palmgren, 1975: 39, f. 9.8-10 (mf; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta globosa Roberts, 1987: 140, f. 71d (mf; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta globosa Hu & Li, 1987b: 275, f. 17.1-5 (mf; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta globosa Hu & Wu, 1989: 160, f. 132.1-4 (f; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta variegata Tanasevitch, 1989b: 128, f. 1-5 (mf).
Poeciloneta variegata Tanasevitch, 1990: 81, f. 25.17-20 (mf).
Poeciloneta globosa Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 234, f. 629 (mf; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 1989b: 127).
Poeciloneta variegata Roberts, 1995: 351, f. (mf).
Poeciloneta variegata Roberts, 1998: 363, f. (mf).
Poeciloneta variegata Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 260, f. 10-12, 17-19 (mf).
Poeciloneta variegata Hu, 2001: 531, f. 355.1-4 (mf).
Poeciloneta variegata Marusik et al., 2002a: 358, f. 57-60, 62-64 (m).
Poeciloneta yanensis Marusik & Koponen, in Marusik et al., 2002a: 357, f. 50-56, 61 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037616].
Poeciloneta variegata Saaristo, in Marusik & Koponen, 2008a: 10, pl. 3 (m).
Poeciloneta variegata Tanasevitch, 2010e: 276, f. 23-48 (m, S of Poeciloneta yanensis).
Poeciloneta variegata Dupérré, 2013: 7, f. 59 (m).
Poeciloneta variegata Seropian et al., 2023: 253, f. 46 (f).

Poeciloneta xizangensis Zhai & Zhu, 2008b: 61, f. 1-7 (Dmf).