Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0103] Back

Gen. Aphileta Hull, 1920 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00837 ]
N.B.: formerly Hillhousia (type species Hillhousia desolans F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 = Erigone atra, therefore Hillhousia is syn. to Erigone), revival of Aphileta suggested by Denis, 1968b: 8; synonymy of Saaristoa Millidge, 1978 with Aphileta, proposed by Breitling, 2019b: 27 and Breitling, 2021: 20, not accepted here as it is based mainly on COI, see FAQ 7).
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-07-21
Described in
Hull, 1920a: 8 (type Linyphia turbatrix O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 (preoccupied by Linyphia turbatrix O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (= Lepthyphantes)) = Linyphia misera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (replacement name); gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
2accepted
2synonym
1homonym replaced
Reference

Hull, J. E. (1920a). The spider family Linyphiidae: an essay in taxonomy. The Vasculum 6: 7-11. download pdf

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