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; Tian et al., 2022 show five subfamilies: Linyphiinae (incl. Mynogleninae Lehtinen, 1967: 250 and Dubiaraneinae Millidge, 1993c: 145), Erigoninae Emerton, 1882: 7, Micronetinae Hull, 1920a: 8, Ipainae Saaristo, 2007b: 34 and Stemonyphantinae Wunderlich, 1986: 120; da Silva-Moreira, Kulkarni & Hormiga, 2025: 60-62 list resp. newly circumscribe six subfamilies: Erigoninae, Lepthyphantinae Simon, 1929: 562, Linyphiinae (syn. nov.: Dubiaraneinae), Mynogleninae, Pocobletinae Silva-Moreira & Hormiga, 2025: 61 (new subfamily) and Stemonyphantinae, state Ipainae and Micronetinae to be polyphyletic, leave several linyphiid clades unranked and also several genera as incertae sedis.

In synonymy:

Flagellicymbium Schmidt, 1975 = Minicia Thorell, 1875 (Wunderlich, 1980j: 415)

Phylloeca Dahl, 1883 = Minicia Thorell, 1875 (Simon, 1894a: 670)

Gen. Minicia Thorell, 1875 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01109

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Phylloeca Dahl, 1883: 61 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04630] (type P. marginata Dahl, 1883 = Minicia marginella (Wider, 1834)) by Simon, 1894a: 670 and of Flagellicymbium Schmidt, 1975a: 222 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05370] (type F. gomerae Schmidt, 1975) by Wunderlich, 1980j: 415.

Transferred to other genera:

Minicia exarmata Eskov, 1989 -- see Eskovia

Minicia gibbosa Sørensen, 1898 -- see Hybauchenidium

Minicia strandi (Ermolajev, 1937) -- see Tanasevitchia

Minicia uralensis Tanasevitch, 1983 -- see Tanasevitchia

In synonymy:

Minicia marginata (Dahl, 1883, sub Phylloeca) = Minicia marginella Wider, 1834 (Dahl, 1886: 102, sub Phylloeca)

Minicia picoensis Wunderlich, 1992 = Minicia floresensis Wunderlich, 1992 (Borges & Wunderlich, 2008: 260)

Nomen dubium:

Minicia vittata Caporiacco, 1935b: 183, pl. 2, f. 7 (f, Pakistan) -- Tanasevitch, 2025b: 119

Minicia alticola Tanasevitch, 1990 | | Georgia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011854

Minicia alticola Tanasevitch, 1990: 55, f. 19.7 (Df) Original description

Minicia candida Denis, 1946 | | France, Italy, Austria, North Macedonia, Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011855

Minicia candida Denis, 1946b: 38, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Minicia candida Denis, 1948e: 143, f. 1-3 (Dm)

Minicia candida Denis, 1962e: 83, f. 2-4 (f)

Minicia candida Denis, 1965b: 190, f. 3-4, 18, 21c-i, n-o, 22-33 (mf)

Minicia candida Thaler, 1986a: 491, f. 5-7 (f)

Minicia candida Wunderlich, 1992a: 391, f. 472-474 (m)

Minicia candida Thaler, 1993: 646, f. 12-14 (m)

Minicia candida obscurior Denis, 1964 | | France urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011856

Minicia candida obscurior Denis, 1964f: 394, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Minicia candida obscurior Denis, 1965b: 200, f. 21j, p, 34-35 (f)

Minicia candida obscurior Canard & Cruveillier, 2016: 43 (year corrected from 1963 to 1964)

Minicia caspiana Tanasevitch, 1990 | | Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Azerbaijan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011857

Minicia caspiana Tanasevitch, 1990: 56, f. 19.1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Minicia elegans Simon, 1894 | | Portugal, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011858

Minicia elegans Simon, 1894a: 640 (Df) Original description

Minicia elegans Denis, 1965b: 202, f. 21l, 37 (f)

Minicia elegans Bosmans, 2007: 134, f. 116-121 (f, Dm)

Minicia floresensis Wunderlich, 1992 | | Azores urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011859

Minicia floresensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 390, f. 453-465 (Dmf) Original description

Minicia picoensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 392, f. 466-471 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011865]

Minicia floresensis Borges & Wunderlich, 2008: 260, f. 12a-e (m, S)

Minicia gomerae (Schmidt, 1975) | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011860

Flagellicymbium gomerae Schmidt, 1975a: 222, f. 3-4 (Dm) Original description

Minicia gomerae Wunderlich, 1980j: 416, f. 1-12 (m, Df)

Minicia gomerae Wunderlich, 1987a: 174, f. 475-481 (mf)

Minicia gomerae Wunderlich, 2008h: 770, f. 6 (m)

Minicia grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1987 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011861

Minicia grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1987a: 174, f. 473-481 (Dmf) Original description

Minicia kirghizica Tanasevitch, 1985 | | Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011862

Minicia kirghizica Tanasevitch, 1985b: 851, pl. 6, f. 1-11 (Dmf) Original description

Minicia kirghizica Tanasevitch, 1989a: 143, f. 169-173 (mf)

Minicia marginella (Wider, 1834) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011863

Theridion marginellum Wider, 1834: 238, pl. 16, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Minicia spinosa Thorell, 1875a: 93 (Df)

Erigone nigrolimbata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875b: 210, pl. 28, f. 10 (Dmf)

Minicia spinosa Thorell, 1875c: 69 (Df)

Lophomma vittatum Bertkau, 1880b: 306, pl. 2, f. 10 (Dm)

Phylloeca marginata Dahl, 1883: 61, f. 11-12, 34 (Df)

Minicia marginella Simon, 1884a: 866, f. 802-805 (mf)

Phylloeca marginella Dahl, 1886: 102 (S of Phylloeca marginata)

Minicia marginella Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 134, pl. 5, f. 17 (mf)

Minicia marginella Simon, 1894a: 641, f. 739-743 (m)

Minicia marginella Becker, 1896: 176, pl. 12, f. 22 (mf)

Minicia marginella Bösenberg, 1902: 139, pl. 12, f. 184 (mf)

Minicia marginella Denis, 1946b: 37, f. 2 (f)

Minicia marginella Miller, 1947: 37, pl. V, f. 1 (f)

Minicia marginella Denis, 1948e: 143, f. 4-6 (m)

Phyllaeca marginella Bonnet, 1958: 3260 (lapsus for Philoeca)

Minicia marginella Wiehle, 1960a: 28, f. 27-35 (mf)

Minicia marginella Denis, 1965b: 185, f. 1-2, 5-17, 19-20, 21a-b, m (mf)

Minicia marginella Miller, 1971: 258, pl. LII, f. 27 (m)

Minicia marginella Palmgren, 1976: 82, f. 3.7-12 (mf)

Minicia marginella Millidge, 1977: 19, f. 65 (m)

Minicia marginella Wunderlich, 1980j: 424, f. 16 (m)

Minicia marginella Wunderlich, 1987a: 174, f. 485-486 (m)

Minicia marginella Snazell, 1991: 381, f. 1a-g (mf)

Minicia marginella Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 218, f. 588 (mf)

Minicia marginella Snazell, 1992: 4, f. 1-3 (mf)

Minicia marginella Wunderlich, 1992a: 392, f. 476-477 (m)

Minicia marginella Roberts, 1993: 14, f. 6b (mf)

Minicia marginella Thaler, 1993: 646, f. 15 (m)

Minicia marginella Pesarini, 1996: 423, f. 42-44 (mf)

Minicia marginella Sancak, Koç & Etirli, 2020: 217, f. 1A-E (mf)

Minicia marginella Naumova, Blagoev & Deltshev, 2021: 241, f. 13A-D (f)

Minicia pallida Eskov, 1995 | | Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011864

Minicia pallida Eskov in Eskov & Marusik, 1995: 58, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Minicia teneriffensis Wunderlich, 1980 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011867

Minicia gomerae teneriffensis Wunderlich, 1980j: 417, f. 13-15 (Dmf) Original description

Minicia teneriffensis Wunderlich, 1987a: 174, f. 475-484 (elevated from subspecies, but see also Wunderlich, 2008h: 770)

Minicia teneriffensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 87, f. 475 (m)