type Bolyphantes alpestris C. L. Koch, 1837; gender masculine; syn. of Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall, 1833)

Transferred to other genera:
Bolyphantes affinitatus Strand, 1901 -- see Incestophantes
Bolyphantes auriformis Zhu & Tu, 1986 -- see Mughiphantes
Bolyphantes bonneti Loksa, 1965 -- see Parawubanoides
Bolyphantes caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1990 -- see Bolephthyphantes
Bolyphantes crinifrons (Urquhart, 1891) -- see Nomaua
Bolyphantes crucifer (Menge, 1866) -- see Incestophantes
Bolyphantes hyperauritus Loksa, 1965 -- see Tchatkalophantes
Bolyphantes index (Thorell, 1856) -- see Bolephthyphantes
Bolyphantes indexoides Tanasevitch, 1989 -- see Bolephthyphantes
Bolyphantes nigromaculatus Zhu & Wen, 1983 -- see Mughiphantes
Bolyphantes sibiricus (Grube, 1861) -- see Stemonyphantes
Bolyphantes sophianus Drensky, 1931 -- see Antrohyphantes
Bolyphantes unicornis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) -- see Parawubanoides
Bolyphantes zonatus (Simon, 1884) -- see Canariphantes
Bolyphantes zonatus lucifugus (Simon, 1929) -- see Canariphantes

In synonymy:
Bolyphantes luteolus subnigripes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) = Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall, 1833) (Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 117).
Bolyphantes palaeformis (Tanasevitch, 1989, T from Lepthyphantes = Bolyphantes bipartitus (Tanasevitch, 1989) (Tanasevitch, 2010e: 276).

Linyphia alticeps Sundevall, 1833a: 261 (Dj).
Bolyphantes stramineus C. L. Koch, 1841a: 71, f. 643 (Df).
Linyphia alticeps Westring, 1861: 117 (Dmf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Menge, 1866: 134, pl. 25, f. 55 (mf).
Linyphia alticeps Thorell, 1870a: 59.
Bolyphantes alticeps Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 52, pl. 2, f. 18 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Bösenberg, 1901: 63, pl. 5, f. 62 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Simon, 1929: 568, 727, f. 837-839 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Locket & Millidge, 1953: 378, f. 225D-F (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Wiehle, 1956: 152, f. 257-262 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Azheganova, 1968: 61, f. 119, 128-129 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Tystshenko, 1971: 231, f. 744-747 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Miller, 1971: 234, pl. XLVI, f. 9-11 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Roberts, 1974: 29, f. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Palmgren, 1975: 42, f. 9.11-13 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Roberts, 1987: 147, f. 75b, d, 76b (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Izmailova, 1989: 68, f. 47 (m).
Bolyphantes alticeps Chikuni, 1989b: 47, f. 8 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Tanasevitch, 1990: 87, f. 13.10-12, 14.24-25 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 122, f. 346 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Roberts, 1995: 356, f. (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995: 243, f. 11-20 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Mcheidze, 1997: 303, f. 705-707 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Roberts, 1998: 368, f. (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 160, f. 88A-D (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps van Helsdingen, Thaler & Deltshev, 2001: 6, f. 3-18, 73, 83-86, 95 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 320, f. 970-976 (mf).
Bolyphantes alticeps Karabulut & Türkes, 2011: 119, f. 2-3 (f).
Bolyphantes alticeps Déjean & Danflous, 2016: 18, f. 5A, 7B,E (mf).

Lepthyphantes bipartitus Tanasevitch, 1989a: 98, f. 31-32 (Dm).
Lepthyphantes palaeformis Tanasevitch, 1989a: 106, f. 61-64 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011266].
Bolyphantes bipartitus Tanasevitch, 2010e: 276 (Tm from Lepthyphantes, Sf).
Poeciloneta bipartita Breitling, 2019b: 29 (T from Bolyphantes, not accepted here as based mainly on COI, see FAQ 7).

Bolyphantes distichoides Tanasevitch, 2000b: 249, f. 24-27 (Df).
Bolyphantes distichoides Tanasevitch, 2013c: 273, f. 33-34 (f).

Lepthyphantes distichus Tanasevitch, 1986: 163, f. 89-94 (Dmf).
Bolyphantes distichus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 256, f. 6 (Tmf from Lepthyphantes).
Bolyphantes distichus Tanasevitch, 2013c: 272, f. 28-32, 35 (mf).

Bolyphantes elburzensis Tanasevitch, 2009a: 387, f. 17-26 (Dmf).

Bolyphantes kilpisjaerviensis Palmgren, 1975: 44, f. 9.25-29 (Df).
Bolyphantes kilpisjaerviensis van Helsdingen, Thaler & Deltshev, 2001: 8 (may be just a teratological specimen).

Lepthyphantes kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1936c: 349 (Dj).
Bolyphantes kolosvaryi van Helsdingen, Thaler & Deltshev, 2001: 8, f. 37-47, 74 (Tj from Lepthyphantes, Dmf).
Bolyphantes kolosvaryi Déjean & Danflous, 2016: 18, f. 5C, 6, 7A,D (mf).

Lepthyphantes lagodekhensis Tanasevitch, 1990: 23, f. 9.5-6 (Df).
Bolyphantes lagodekhensis Otto & Tanasevitch, 2010: 203, f. 1-7 (Tf from Lepthyphantes, Dm).
Bolyphantes lagodekhensis Otto & Tanasevitch, 2015: 110, f. 12-13 (f).

Bolyphantes lamellaris Tanasevitch, 1990: 11, f. 3.1-5 (Dmf).
Bolyphantes lamellaris van Helsdingen, Thaler & Deltshev, 2001: 9, f. 2, 48-57 (mf).

Bolyphantes lishadiensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 51, f. 42A-D, 43A-B (Df).

Bolyphantes lushuiensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022: 51, f. 44A-D, 45A-B (Df).

Linyphia luteola Blackwall, 1833: 192 (Dmf).
Bolyphantes alpestris C. L. Koch, 1837b: 9 (D).
Bolyphantes alpestris C. L. Koch, 1841a: 69, f. 642 (Dm).
Linyphia affinis Westring, 1861: 595 (Dmf).
Linyphia alticeps Blackwall, 1864a: 226, pl. 16, f. 149 (mf, misidentified).
Bolyphantes stramineus Menge, 1866: 136, pl. 25, f. 56 (Dmf).
Linyphia luteolus Thorell, 1870a: 63.
Linyphia subnigripes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 204 (Df).
Bolyphantes luteolus Simon, 1884a: 213.
Lepthyphantes subnigripes Simon, 1884a: 330.
Bolyphantes luteolus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 52, pl. 2, f. 19 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Bösenberg, 1901: 62, pl. 5, f. 61 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Simon, 1929: 569, 727, f. 840 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 376, f. 225A-C (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus subnigripes Locket & Millidge, 1953: 377 (elevated to subspecies).
Bolyphantes luteolus Wiehle, 1956: 155, f. 263-267 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Merrett, 1963b: 362, f. 16A-G (m).
Bolyphantes luteolus Tystshenko, 1971: 231, f. 629, 748 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Miller, 1971: 235, pl. XLVI, f. 12-13 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 117 (S).
Bolyphantes luteolus Roberts, 1974: 29, f. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Palmgren, 1975: 42, f. 9.14-19 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Roberts, 1987: 147, f. 75a, c, 76a (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Hu & Wu, 1989: 145, f. 117.1-6 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 122, f. 347 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Hormiga, 1994b: 4, f. 12A-C (m).
Bolyphantes luteolus Roberts, 1995: 355, f. (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995: 244, f. 24-31 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Roberts, 1998: 367, f. (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 160, f. 88G-J (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 257, f. 1-2, 5 (m, S B. nigropictus, rejected).
Bolyphantes luteolus Hormiga, 2000: 78, pl. 1A-F, 2A-D (m).
Bolyphantes luteolus van Helsdingen, Thaler & Deltshev, 2001: 10, f. 1, 58-72, 87-90, 96 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Dupérré, 2013: 7, f. 58 (m).
Bolyphantes luteolus Déjean & Danflous, 2016: 18, f. 5B, 7C,F (mf).

Bolyphantes mongolicus Loksa, 1965: 10, f. 17-19 (Df).
Bolyphantes mongolicus Wunderlich, 1995e: 485, f. 23-24 (Dm).

Bolyphantes nigropictus Simon, 1884a: 214 (Dmf).
Bolyphantes nigropictus Simon, 1929: 569, 570, 727, f. 842, 846 (mf).
Bolyphantes luteolus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 257 (S, rejected).
Bolyphantes nigropictus van Helsdingen, Thaler & Deltshev, 2001: 11, f. 75-82, 91-94, 97-98 (mf, removed from S).
Bolyphantes nigropictus Bosmans, 2006a: 126, f. 5-8 (mf).
Bolyphantes nigropictus Déjean & Danflous, 2016: 18, f. 5D (m).

Lepthyphantes punctulatus Holm, 1939b: 14, f. 7a-b (Dmf).
Lepthyphantes punctulatus Holm, 1945b: 57, f. 17a-b (f).
Lepthyphantes punctulatus Kleemola, 1961: 133, f. 10 (f).
Lepthyphantes punctulatus Palmgren, 1975: 56, f. 12.1-2 (mf).
Bolyphantes punctulatus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 256 (Tmf from Lepthyphantes).
Bolyphantes punctulatus Fomichev, 2015b: 66, f. 7-9 (f).

Lepthyphantes sacer Tanasevitch, 1986: 156, f. 66-71 (Dmf).
Bolyphantes sacer Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000: 256 (Tmf from Lepthyphantes).

Bolyphantes severtzovi Tanasevitch, 1989a: 95, f. 26-28 (Df).

Bolyphantes subtiliseta Tanasevitch, 2019e: 44, f. 1-9 (Dmf).

Lepthyphantes supremus Tanasevitch, 1986: 152, f. 50-54 (Dmf).
Bolyphantes supremus Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2004: 127, f. 35-37 (Tmf from Lepthyphantes).