type Walckenaeria obscura Blackwall, 1834; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:
Cnephalocotes compar Holm, 1962 -- see Tybaertiella
Cnephalocotes convexus Holm, 1962 -- see Tybaertiella
Cnephalocotes dentiger Strand, 1903 -- see Silometopus
Cnephalocotes ophthalmicus Strand, 1901 -- see Silometopus
Cnephalocotes pectinatus Tullgren, 1955 -- see Troxochrota
Cnephalocotes pygmaeus Sørensen, 1898 -- see Typhochrestus
Cnephalocotes tristis Denis, 1954 -- see Minyriolus

In synonymy:
Cnephalocotes impolitus (Westring, 1861, T from Erigone) = Cnephalocotes obscurus (Blackwall, 1834) (Simon, 1884a: 701).
Cnephalocotes molliculus (L. Koch, 1879, T from Erigone) = Cnephalocotes obscurus (Blackwall, 1834) (Holm, 1973: 79).

Cnephalocotes ferrugineus Seo, 2018: 258, f. 5A-B, 7A-E (Dmf).

Walckenaera obscura Blackwall, 1834b: 321 (Dm).
Erigone impolita Westring, 1861: 245 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059977].
Walckenaera obscurus Blackwall, 1864a: 297, pl. 20, f. 212 (m).
Erigone mollicula L. Koch, 1879c: 75, pl. 2, f. 28-28a (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009941].
Lophocarenum obscurum Förster & Bertkau, 1883: 230, 269.
Cnephalocotes obscurus Simon, 1884a: 701, f. 558-560 (mf, S of Erigone impolita).
Eustichothrix obscura Dahl, 1886: 79.
Nematogmus obscurus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 123, pl. 4, f. 47, pl. 5, f. 3 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Simon, 1894a: 650, f. 626 (m).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Becker, 1896: 135, pl. 11, f. 17 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Smith, 1901a: 303, p. 334: f. 1f, 2f (m).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Smith, 1901b: 9, f. 2m (f).
Nematogmus obscurus Bösenberg, 1902: 210, pl. 18, f. 295 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Simon, 1926: 362, 490, f. 645-646 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Denis, 1946a: 11, f. A-C (f).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 255, f. 155A-C (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Tullgren, 1955: 311, f. 15a-b (f).
Erigone mollicula Roewer, 1955c: 1499 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Brændegaard, 1958: 47, f. 40-41 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Wiehle, 1960a: 385, f. 701-711 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Wiehle, 1960c: 468, f. 121-b (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Merrett, 1963b: 441, f. 123A-C (m).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Wiehle, 1967c: 199, f. 7 (m).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Tystshenko, 1971: 265, f. 898 (m).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Miller, 1971: 281, pl. LIX, f. 31-32 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Holm, 1973: 79 (S of Erigone mollicula).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Palmgren, 1976: 46, f. 17.1-3 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Millidge, 1977: 19, f. 82 (m).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Roberts, 1987: 67, f. 27g, 28b (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 138, f. 387 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Millidge, 1993c: 147, f. 31 (f).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Agnarsson, 1996: 90, f. 83A-C (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 96, f. 887-890 (mf).
Cnephalocotes obscurus Gnelitsa, 2024: 190, f. 4-7, 9 (f).

Cnephalocotes similis Gnelitsa, 2024: 188, f. 1-3, 8 (Df).

Cnephalocotes simpliciceps Simon, 1900a: 462, pl. 18, f. 4 (Dm).