Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0103] Detail
Gen. Silometopus Simon, 1926 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01258] Detail
type Erigone curta Simon, 1881; gender masculine
Transferred to other genera:
Silometopus antepenultimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) -- see Tapinocyboides
Silometopus asiaticus Eskov, 1995 -- see Silometopoides
Silometopus koponeni Eskov & Marusik, 1994 -- see Silometopoides
Silometopus sibiricus Eskov, 1989 -- see Silometopoides
In synonymy:
Silometopus bilacunatus (L. Koch, 1881, T from Tapinocyba) = Silometopus incurvatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (Breitling et al., 2015: 75).
Silometopus dentiger (Strand, 1903, T from Cnephalocotes) = Silometopus reussi (Thorell, 1871) (Aakra, 2002: 268).
Silometopus hasselti (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884, T from Walckenaeria) = Silometopus reussi (Thorell, 1871) (Simon, 1926: 487).
Silometopus interjectus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1888) = Silometopus reussi (Thorell, 1871) (Locket, 1962: 9).
Silometopus laesus (L. Koch, 1879) = Silometopus reussi (Thorell, 1871) (Denis, 1949a: 147).
Silometopus ophthalmicus (Strand, 1901, T from Cnephalocotes) = Silometopus ambiguus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906) (Aakra, 2002: 268).
Silometopus reginaldi (Hull, 1911, T from Scleroschema) = Silometopus incurvatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (Hull, 1936: 36, sub Cnephalocotes).
Silometopus sordidatus (Thorell, 1873) = Silometopus ater (Blackwall, 1841) (Thorell, 1873: 452, 489, sub Erigone).
Silometopus vulneratus (L. Koch, 1879) = Silometopus reussi (Thorell, 1871) (Holm, 1973: 89).
Nomen dubium:
Silometopus ater (Blackwall, 1841: 631, mf, Britain, originally in Walckenaera) -- Bristowe, 1941: 511, 528.
Silometopus acutus Holm, 1977 | m f | Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012623]
Silometopus acutus Holm, 1977b: 163, f. 8-13 (Dmf).
Silometopus ambiguus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906) | m f | Western and northern Europe, Germany     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012624]
Cnephalocotes curtus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895b: 112, f. 4 (misidentified per O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1905: 67).
Cnephalocotes curtus Smith, 1901a: 334, f. 1h (m; misidentified).
Cnephalocotes ophthalmicus Strand, 1901b: 41 (Dm; suppressed for lack of usage by Aakra, 2002: 268) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009946].
Cnephalocotes ambiguus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906a: 67, pl. B, f. 16-19 (Dm).
Silometopus ambiguus Simon, 1926: 488.
Silometopus ambiguus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 251, f. 153D, I (mf).
Silometopus curtus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 251, f. 153A, H (mf, misidentified per Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 88).
Silometopus curtus Brændegaard, 1958: 47, f. 38-39 (mf, misidentified per Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 88).
Silometopus curtus Wiehle, 1960a: 278, f. 506-509 (mf, misidentified per Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 88).
Silometopus curtus Wiehle, 1961b: 180, f. 17 (f, misidentified per Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 88).
Silometopus ambiguus Locket, 1964: 265, f. 2C, 3C (mf).
Silometopus ambiguus Denis, 1964f: 397, f. 4-5 (m).
Silometopus curtus Casemir, 1970: 210, f. 4.1-2, pl. I, f. 3 (mf, misidentified per Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 88).
Silometopus ambiguus Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 88, f. 54C (f).
Silometopus curtus Palmgren, 1976: 98, f. 20.15-16 (mf, misidentified per Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 88).
Silometopus ambiguus Millidge, 1978a: 119, f. 30, 33 (m).
Silometopus ambiguus Roberts, 1987: 64, f. 26b, 27c (mf).
Silometopus ambiguus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 246, f. 661 (mf).
Silometopus ambiguus Agnarsson, 1996: 89, f. 81A-D (mf).
Silometopus ambiguus Aakra, 2002: 268 (S of Cnephalocotes ophthalmicus).
Silometopus ambiguus Blick, 2014: 45, f. 1C, 3A (mf).
Silometopus ambiguus Bosmans & Samu, 2020: 28, f. 10-12 (mf).
Silometopus bonessi Casemir, 1970 | m f | France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Bulgaria     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012626]
Silometopus bonessi Casemir, 1970: 207, f. 1.1-6, pl. I, f. 5-6 (Dmf).
Silometopus bonessi Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 246, f. 660 (mf).
Silometopus bonessi Pozzi & Hänggi, 1998: 36, f. 9-11 (mf).
Silometopus bonessi Vidal et al., 2020: 2, f. 1A-C, 2A-B, 3D, 4A, 5A-B (mf).
Silometopus bonessi Pantini et al., 2020: 40, f. 4a-c (mf).
Silometopus braunianus Thaler, 1978 | m f | Alps (Switzerland, Italy, Austria)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012627]
Silometopus braunianus Thaler, 1978a: 186, f. 19-22, 32-38 (Dmf).
Silometopus braunianus Frick, Rėlys & Komposch, 2010: 59, f. 4-8 (f).
Silometopus crassipedis Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007 | m f | Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041284]
Silometopus crassipedis Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007: 25, f. 9-13 (Dmf).
Silometopus curtus (Simon, 1882) * | m f | France, Hungary, Spain?, Malta?, Egypt?     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012628]
Erigone curta Simon, 1882d: 253 (Dm).
Cnephalocotes curtus Simon, 1884a: 704, f. 565-566 (m).
Silometopus curtus Simon, 1926: 353, 487, f. 621 (m).
Silometopus nitidithorax Denis, 1950d: 66, f. 5-9 (Df, misidentified per Denis, 1963b: 396 and Locket, 1964: 265).
Silometopus curtus Locket, 1964: 265, f. 2A-B, 3D (mf).
Silometopus curtus Denis, 1964f: 395, f. 2-3 (m).
Silometopus curtus Blick, 2014: 45, f. 2A-B, 3B (mf).
Silometopus curtus Breitling, 2018: 9, f. 2O (f).
Silometopus curtus Bosmans & Samu, 2020: 27, f. 1-9, 13-15 (mf).
Erigone curta Frétey, 2023: 124 (year of description corrected).
Silometopus elegans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) | m f | Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012629]
Erigone elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873a: 766, pl. 66, f. 23 (Dm).
Cnephalocotes elegans Simon, 1884a: 703, f. 561-564 (mf).
Cnephalocotes elegans Becker, 1896: 136, pl. 11, f. 18 (mf).
Cnephalocotes elegans Smith, 1901a: 334, f. 1g, 2g (m).
Cnephalocotes elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906a: 52, pl. B, f. 11-12 (f).
Silometopus elegans Simon, 1926: 355, 487, f. 625 (m, Df).
Silometopus elegans Locket & Millidge, 1953: 250, f. 153B, E-F (mf).
Silometopus elegans Tullgren, 1955: 370, f. 72a-e (mf).
Silometopus elegans Wiehle, 1960a: 274, f. 498-515 (mf).
Silometopus elegans Kleemola, 1961: 132, f. 2 (f).
Silometopus elegans Locket, 1964: 265, f. 3A (f).
Silometopus elegans Casemir, 1970: 210, f. 2.1-2, pl. I, f. 1 (mf).
Silometopus elegans Tystshenko, 1971: 262, f. 880, 889 (mf).
Silometopus elegans Miller, 1971: 272, pl. LVII, f. 13-15 (mf).
Silometopus elegans Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 89, f. 54A (f).
Silometopus elegans Palmgren, 1976: 98, f. 20.5-10 (mf).
Silometopus elegans Millidge, 1977: 25, f. 92 (m).
Silometopus elegans Holm, 1977b: 165, f. 18-19 (f).
Silometopus elegans Roberts, 1987: 64, f. 26a, 27b (mf).
Silometopus elegans Fiszer, 1988: 531, f. 4a (f).
Silometopus elegans Tanasevitch, 1990: 104, f. 21.25, 23.17, 24.12 (mf).
Silometopus elegans Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 246, f. 659 (mf).
Silometopus elegans Frick, Nentwig & Kropf, 2010: 309, Suppl. pl. 18A-O (mf).
Silometopus elegans Déjean, Danflous & Bosmans, 2014: 5, f. 4 (m).
Silometopus elegans Vidal et al., 2020: 3, f. 3C (m).
Silometopus elton Tanasevitch & Grushko, 2020 | m | Russia (Europe)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052638]
Silometopus elton Tanasevitch & Grushko, 2020: 496, f. 1-9 (Dm).
Silometopus furcatus Wunderlich, 2024 | m | Portugal     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062543]
Silometopus furcatus Wunderlich, 2024b: 22, f. 47-52 (Dm).
Silometopus graecus Bosmans, 2020 | m f | Greece     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052293]
Silometopus nitidithorax Bosmans et al., 2009: 23, f. 13-19 (mf; misidentified per Déjean, Danflous & Bosmans, 2020: 12).
Silometopus graecus Bosmans, in Déjean, Danflous & Bosmans, 2020: 12, f. 7A-G, 8A-D, 9A-C (Dmf).
Silometopus incurvatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) | m f | Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Central Asia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012630]
Walckenaera incurvata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873c: 551, pl. 46, f. 20 (Dm).
Erigone bilacunata L. Koch, 1881b: 52, pl. 2, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012820].
Tapinocyba incurvata Simon, 1884a: 787.
Tapinocyba bilacunosa Simon, 1884a: 787 (lapsus).
Tapinocyba incurvata Smith, 1901a: 333, p. 334: f. 1c, 2c (m).
Cnephalocotes incurvatus Hull, 1911b: 57, pl. 2, f. 10 (Df).
Scleroschema reginaldi Hull, 1911b: 55, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060181].
Cnephalocotes incurvatus Hull, 1936: 35 (S of Scleroschema reginaldi).
Cnephalocotes intricatus Hull, 1936: 35 (new name for f of C. incurvatus by Hull, 1911b: 57, pl. 2, f. 10; but this was not accepted later on, even not included in the catalogs).
Silometopus incurvatus Denis, 1942a: 84 (S of Scleroschema reginaldi confirmed).
Silometopus incurvatus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 253, f. 154A, C (m).
Silometopus incurvatus Locket, 1964: 266, f. 3B (f).
Silometopus incurvatus Usher, 1965: 37, f. 1a-d (f).
Silometopus incurvatus Wiehle, 1967a: 4, f. 11-15 (m).
Silometopus incurvatus Casemir, 1970: 210, f. 5.1-2, pl. I, f. 4 (mf).
Silometopus incurvatus Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 89, f. 54B (f).
Silometopus incurvatus Palmgren, 1976: 99, f. 20.11-14 (mf).
Silometopus incurvatus Holm, 1977b: 165, f. 15-17 (mf).
Silometopus incurvatus Wozny, 1983: 189, f. a-b (m).
Silometopus incurvatus Roberts, 1987: 64, f. 26c, 27d (mf).
Silometopus incurvatus Fiszer, 1988: 529, f. 1-3, 4b (mf).
Silometopus incurvatus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 246, f. 662 (mf).
Silometopus incurvatus Breitling et al., 2015: 75, f. 3 (m, S of Tapinocyba bilacunata).
Silometopus minutus Tanasevitch, 2016 | m | Israel     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048718]
Silometopus minutus Tanasevitch, 2016b: 303, f. 20-22, 24.28 (Dm).
Silometopus nitidithorax (Simon, 1915) | m f | France     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012632]
Cnephalocotes nitidithorax Simon, 1915a: 479 (Dm).
Silometopus nitidithorax Simon, 1926: 355, 487, f. 624 (m).
Silometopus nitidithorax Déjean, Danflous & Bosmans, 2014: 5, f. 3 (m).
Silometopus nitidithorax Vidal et al., 2020: 3, f. 3B, 4D (mf).
Silometopus nitidithorax Déjean, Danflous & Bosmans, 2020: 8, f. 1A-C, 2A-D, 3A-E (m, Df).
Silometopus pectinatus Tanasevitch, 2016 | m | Israel     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048719]
Silometopus pectinatus Tanasevitch, 2016b: 304, f. 23, 29-36 (Dm).
Silometopus reussi (Thorell, 1871) | m f | Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012633]
Erigone parallela Westring, 1861: 241 (mf; misidentified per Thorell, 1871a: 121).
Erigone reussii Thorell, 1871a: 121 (new name for specimens of Westring, 1861).
Erigone laesa L. Koch, 1879c: 67, pl. 2, f. 19 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060180].
Erigone vulnerata L. Koch, 1879c: 57, pl. 2, f. 11 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060182].
Minyriolus laesus Simon, 1884a: 792.
Minyriolus vulneratus Simon, 1884a: 792.
Walckenaera hasseltii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884b: 89, pl. 4, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060183].
Walckenaera interjecta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1888: 18, f. 1-3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060179].
Walckenaera interjecta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889c: 121, pl. A, f. 6a-c (m).
Cnephalocotes interjectus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 118, pl. 4, f. 40 (mf).
Cnephalocotes laesus Kulczyński, 1898: 63.
Cnephalocotes laesus Smith, 1901a: 334, f. 1i, 2h (m).
Cnephalocotes laesus Smith, 1901b: 9, f. 2o (f).
Cnephalocotes dentiger Strand, 1903a: 21, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009944].
Cnephalocotes interjectus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906a: 52, pl. B, f. 13-15 (f).
Cnephalocotes laesus Lessert, 1910b: 138 (mf).
Silometopus reussii Simon, 1926: 354, 487, f. 622-623 (mf, S of Walckenaeria hasselti).
Silometopus laesus Simon, 1926: 488.
Silometopus vulneratus Simon, 1926: 488.
Silometopus ater Roewer, 1942a: 679 (S of Silometopus reussi; rejected by Denis, 1949a: 147, see Silometopus ater).
Silometopus laesus Denis, 1944a: 123, f. a-c (f).
Silometopus reussi Denis, 1949a: 147 (removed from S of Silometopus ater, S of Silometopus laesus).
Silometopus interjectus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 252, f. 153C, G, J (mf, removed from S of Silometopus ater).
Silometopus reussi Tullgren, 1955: 367, f. 70a-f (mf).
Silometopus interjectus Tullgren, 1955: 369, f. 71a-e (m).
Silometopus reussi Wiehle, 1960a: 270, f. 491-497 (mf).
Silometopus reussi Locket, 1962: 9 (S of Silometopus interjectus).
Silometopus reussi Merrett, 1963b: 439, f. 121A-C (m).
Silometopus reussi Casemir, 1970: 210, f. 3.1-2, pl. I, f. 2 (mf).
Silometopus reussi Tystshenko, 1971: 262, f. 879, 887 (mf).
Silometopus reussi Miller, 1971: 272, pl. LVII, f. 11-12 (mf).
Silometopus reussi Holm, 1973: 89 (S of Silometopus vulneratus).
Silometopus reussi Palmgren, 1976: 99, f. 20.1-4 (mf).
Silometopus reussi Roberts, 1987: 64, f. 26d, 27e (mf).
Silometopus reussi Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 246, f. 663 (mf).
Silometopus reussi Zhou et al., 1994: 22, f. 6-13 (mf).
Silometopus reussi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 204, f. 116A-D (mf).
Silometopus reussi Aakra, 2002: 268 (S of Cnephalocotes dentiger).
Silometopus reussi Tanasevitch, 2008b: 485, f. 46-49 (m).
Silometopus reussi Déjean, Danflous & Bosmans, 2014: 6, f. 5 (m).
Silometopus reussi Vidal et al., 2020: 4, f. 4C (f).
Silometopus reussi Tanasevitch & Grushko, 2020: 497, f. 10-12 (m).
Silometopus rosemariae Wunderlich, 1969 | m f | Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012634]
Silometopus rosemariae Wunderlich, 1969: 391, f. 37-39 (Dm).
Silometopus rosemariae Thaler, 1971: 316, f. 16-27 (m, Df).
Silometopus rosemariae Déjean, Danflous & Bosmans, 2014: 6, f. 1-2 (m).
Silometopus rosemariae Vidal et al., 2020: 4, f. 3A, 4B (mf).
Silometopus sachalinensis (Eskov & Marusik, 1994) | m f | Russia (Sakhalin), Japan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012620]
Silometopoides sachalinensis Eskov & Marusik, 1994: 60, f. 90-94 (Dmf).
Silometopus sachalinensis Marusik, Koponen & Danilov, 2001: 88 (Tmf from Silometopoides).
Silometopus sachalinensis Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 270, f. 155-159 (mf).
Silometopus tenuispinus Denis, 1950 | f | France, Andorra     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012636]
gen. ? sp. ? Denis, 1938b: 569, pl. 1, f. 2 (f).
Silometopus tenuispina Denis, 1950a: 252, f. 1-2 (Df).
Silometopus uralensis Tanasevitch, 1985 | m f | Russia (Urals to to South Siberia)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012637]
Silometopus uralensis Tanasevitch, 1985a: 53, f. 1-3, 8-9 (Dmf).
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