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.

Gen. Scotargus Simon, 1913 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01250

Transferred to other genera:

Scotargus fortunatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) -- see Collinsia

Scotargus inerrans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) -- see Collinsia

Scotargus japonicus Oi, 1964 -- see Collinsia

In synonymy:

Scotargus bihamatus (Simon, 1915, T from Gongylidiellum) = Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913 (Miller & Kratochvíl, 1939: 37)

Scotargus strandi (Schenkel, 1934, T from Macrargus) = Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913 (Denis, 1966c: 975)

Scotargus enghoffi Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012547

Scotargus enghoffi Wunderlich, 1992a: 384, f. 435-436 (Df) Original description

Scotargus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012548

Scotargus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 384, f. 437 (Df) Original description

Scotargus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 2011: 384, f. 39-41 (Dm)

Scotargus numidicus Bosmans, 2006 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039968

Scotargus numidicus Bosmans, 2006a: 150, f. 80-83 (Dm) Original description

Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913 | | Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012549

Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913: 367, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Gongylidiellum bihamatum Simon, 1915a: 478 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063278]

Scotargus inerrans Simon, 1926: 470, f. 806 (f; misidentified per Miller & Kratochvíl, 1939: 37)

? Oreonetides strandi Schenkel, 1934: 97, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058418]

Scotargus inerrans Miller, 1936a: 187, f. 1-4 (mf; misidentified per Miller & Kratochvíl, 1939: 37)

Scotargus pilosus Miller & Kratochvíl, 1939: 37 (S of Gongylidiellum bihamatum)

Macrargus strandi Wiehle, 1956: 92, f. 152-154 (Dm, f, T from Oreonetides)

Scotargus pilosus Denis, 1966c: 975, f. 1-6 (mf, S of Macragus strandi)

Scotargus pilosus Miller, 1971: 237, pl. XLVII, f. 3-4 (mf)

Scotargus pilosus Moritz, 1973: 182, f. 7-8 (m)

Scotargus pilosus van Helsdingen, 1973d: 189, f. 1-10 (mf)

Scotargus pilosus Wunderlich, 1987a: 164, f. 453-455 (mf)

Scotargus pilosus Thaler, 1987b: 42, f. 6 (m)

Scotargus pilosus Tanasevitch, 1990: 99, f. 23.14, 24.11 (mf)

Macrargus strandi Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 204, f. 550 (mf)

Scotargus pilosus Pesarini, 1996: 426, f. 47-48 (mf)

Scotargus pilosus Bosmans, 2006a: 149, f. 73-79 (mf)

Scotargus pilosus Zamani, Darvishnia & Marusik, 2023: 357, f. 11A-B, 12A-E, 13A-B (m)

Scotargus pilosus Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2023: 65, f. 17a-d (f)

Scotargus secundus Wunderlich, 1987 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012550

Scotargus secundus Wunderlich, 1987a: 165, f. 445-452 (Dmf) Original description

Scotargus secundus Wunderlich, 2011: 384, f. 42 (m)

Scotargus tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012551

Scotargus tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 385, f. 438 (Dmf) Original description