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. Dicymbium Menge, 1868 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00925

type Dicymbium gracilipes Menge, 1868; gender neuter; syn. of Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834)

N.B.: the synonymy with Savignia Blackwall, 1833 (as subgenus), proposed by Breitling, 2021: 21, was not followed here, as based mainly on COI (see FAQ 7); the validity of Dicymbium is confirmed by Frick, Sanz-LaParra & Kropf, 2026: 102.

In synonymy:

Dicymbium clavipes Menge, 1868 = Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836) (Thorell, 1871a: 104, sub Erigone)

Dicymbium gracilipes Menge, 1868 = Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) (Thorell, 1871a: 104, sub Erigone)

Dicymbium scabristernis (Westring, 1851) = Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) (Thorell, 1871a: 104, sub Erigone)

Dicymbium serotinum (C. L. Koch, 1841, T from Erigone) = Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) (Simon, 1926: 503)

Nomen dubium:

Dicymbium ugandae Caporiacco, 1947c: 147 (j, Uganda) -- Scharff, 1990b: 144

Dicymbium brevisetosum Locket, 1962 | | Europe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010021

Dicymbium nigrum Wiehle, 1960a: 189, f. 329-337 (mf) [misidentified per Wiehle, 1965a: 20]

Dicymbium nigrum brevisetosum Locket, 1962: 7, f. 1b (Dm) Original description

Dicymbium nigrum brevisetosum Wiehle, 1965a: 20, f. 14b, 16 (m)

Dicymbium brevisetosum Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 74, f. 43A, C (m, elevated to species)

Dicymbium brevisetosum Thaler, 1986a: 493, f. 23-24, 28-30, 33-36

Dicymbium nigrum brevisetosum Roberts, 1987: 38, f. 10e (m, downgraded to "form")

Dicymbium nigrum brevisetosum Lecigne, 2016d: 14, f. 3C-D (m)

Savignia brevisetosa Breitling, 2021a: 21 (elevated to species)

Dicymbium elongatum (Emerton, 1882) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010017

Lophomma elongata Emerton, 1882: 44, pl. 10, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Erigone elongata Marx, 1890a: 533

Dicymbium elongatum Bishop & Crosby, 1938: 68, pl. 4, f. 25-39 (mf)

Dicymbium elongatum Kaston, 1948: 171, f. 458-462 (m)

Dicymbium elongatum Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 97, f. 894-897 (mf)

Dicymbium facetum (L. Koch, 1879) | | Russia (Urals to Far East), Mongolia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010018

Erigone faceta L. Koch, 1879c: 72, pl. 2, f. 24-24a (Df) Original description

Erigone faceta Roewer, 1955c: 1497 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Dicymbium facetum Holm, 1973: 81, f. 22 (f, removed from nomen dubium, T from Erigone)

Dicymbium facetum Song, Li & Marusik, 2006: 331, f. 1-13 (f, Dm)

Dicymbium libidinosum (Kulczyński, 1926) | | Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010019

Lophomma libidinosum Kulczyński, 1926: 45, pl. 2, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Lophomma libidinosum Sytshevskaja, 1935: 92, f. 6 (Dm)

Dicymbium libidinosum Tanasevitch, 1987c: 73 (T from Lophomma)

Dicymbium libidinosum Sha, Gao & Zhu, 1994: 19, f. 17-21 (mf)

Dicymbium libidinosum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 163, f. 91E-F, K-L (mf)

Dicymbium libidinosum Frick, Sanz-LaParra & Kropf, 2026: 75, 103, f. 18F, 19M (m)

Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010020 TYPE SPECIES

Neriene nigra Blackwall, 1834a: 52 (Dmf) Original description

Dicymbium nigrum Bösenberg, 1902: 155, pl. 14, f. 208 (mf)

Erigone serotina C. L. Koch, 1841a: 95, f. 663-664 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065524]

Dicymbium nigrum Simon, 1926: 402, 503, f. 714 (f, S of Erigone serotina)

Erigone scabristernis Westring, 1851: 40 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065525]

Dicymbium nigrum Miller, 1947: 29, pl. VIII, f. 14 (f)

Erigone scabristernis Westring, 1861: 206 (Df)

Dicymbium nigrum Locket & Millidge, 1953: 209, f. 129A-B, D-E (mf)

Neriene nigrum Blackwall, 1864a: 271, pl. 18, f. 185 (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Tullgren, 1955: 298, f. 1a-b (f)

Dicymbium gracilipes Menge, 1868: 194, pl. 37, f. 92 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065526]

Dicymbium nigrum Merrett, 1963b: 399, f. 63A-B (m)

Erigone nigra Thorell, 1871a: 104 (S of Dicymbium gracilipes and Erigone scabristernis)

Dicymbium nigrum Wiehle, 1965a: 20, f. 14a, 15 (m)

Erigone nigra Dahl, 1883: 44

Dicymbium nigrum Miller, 1971: 261, pl. LIII, f. 22-23 (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Simon, 1884a: 544, f. 347-349 (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 74, f. 43B, D (m)

Dicymbium nigrum Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 105, pl. 4, f. 21 (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Palmgren, 1976: 51, f. 2.1-4, 4.1-5, 8 (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Simon, 1894a: 658, f. 673 (m)

Dicymbium nigrum Millidge, 1977: 34, f. 124 (m)

Dicymbium nigrum Becker, 1896: 104, pl. 10, f. 8 (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Millidge, 1984b: 250, f. 114 (f)

Dicymbium nigrum Thaler, 1986a: 493, f. 26-27, 32

Dicymbium nigrum Roberts, 1987: 38, f. 10a, c (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Tanasevitch, 1990: 102, f. 22.14, 23.16 (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 138, f. 389 (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Zhou et al., 1994: 21, f. 1-5 (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 167, f. 91G-H, M-N (mf)

Dicymbium nigrum Frick, Nentwig & Kropf, 2010: 309, Suppl. pl. 4A-O (mf; N.B.: presumably D. brevisetosum, because in the regions the material comes from, only this is known)

Dicymbium nigrum Frick, Sanz-LaParra & Kropf, 2026: 14, 102, f. 1C, 2B, 5C, 7B, 9C, 10E-F, 12E, 14C, 17F (mf)

Dicymbium pingqianense Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058291

Dicymbium pingqianense Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023b: 13, f. 7A-D, 8A-D, 9A-B (Dmf) Original description

Dicymbium salaputium Saito, 1986 | | China, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010022

Dicymbium salaputium Saito, 1986: 15, f. 14-18 (Dmf) Original description

Dicymbium salaputium Ono et al., 1991: 95, f. 20-21 (f)

Dicymbium salaputium Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 274, f. 196-200 (mf)

Dicymbium salaputium Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 52, f. 30A-C (f)

Dicymbium sinofacetum Tanasevitch, 2006 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039884

Araeoncus stigmosus Xia et al., 2001: 164, f. 16-17 (f; misidentified per Tanasevitch, 2006b: 289 and Song & Li, 2008c: 88)

Dicymbium sinofacetum Tanasevitch, 2006b: 289, f. 39-44 (Dmf) Original description

Dicymbium sinofacetum Song & Li, 2008c: 88, f. 1-13 (mf)

Dicymbium sinofacetum Irfan et al., 2025a: 40, f. 48A-D, 49A-C, 50A-D (mf)

Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836) | | Europe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010023

Neriene tibialis Blackwall, 1836: 485 (Dm) Original description

Dicymbium clavipes Menge, 1868: 193, pl. 37, f. 91 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065535]

Erigone tibialis Thorell, 1871a: 104 (S of Dicymbium clavipes)

Erigone tibialis Dahl, 1883: 44 (f)

Dicymbium tibiale Simon, 1884a: 543, f. 344-346 (m)

Dicymbium tibiale Simon, 1894a: 614, f. 665-668 (m)

Dicymbium tibiale Bösenberg, 1902: 156, pl. 14, f. 209 (mf)

Dicymbium tibiale Locket & Millidge, 1953: 209, f. 129C, F (f)

Dicymbium tibiale Tullgren, 1955: 298, f. 2a-b (f)

Dicymbium tibiale Wiehle, 1960a: 193, f. 338-343 (mf)

Dicymbium tibiale Palmgren, 1976: 51, f. 4.6-7, 9 (m)

Dicymbium tibiale Thaler, 1986a: 493, f. 25, 31

Dicymbium tibiale Roberts, 1987: 38, f. 10b, f (mf)

Dicymbium tibiale Sha, Gao & Zhu, 1994: 19, f. 22-23 (f; probably misidentified, per Komnenov, 2014: 61)

Dicymbium tibiale Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 167, f. 91I-J (f; probably misidentified, per Komnenov, 2014: 61)

Dicymbium tibiale Frick, Nentwig & Kropf, 2010: 309, Suppl. pl. 5A-O (mf)

Dicymbium tibiale Wang et al., 2015c: 142, f. 2h, 3e (f)

Dicymbium tibiale Frick, Sanz-LaParra & Kropf, 2026: 14, 103, f. 1D, 2C, 4C, 5D, 9D, 10G, 11A, 12F, 14D (mf)

Dicymbium yaginumai Eskov & Marusik, 1994 | | Russia (Far East), Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010024

Dicymbium yaginumai Eskov & Marusik, 1994: 44, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Dicymbium yaginumai Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 274, f. 201-203 (mf)

Dicymbium yaginumai Omelko & Marusik, 2021: 249, f. 8, 21-24 (m)