In synonymy:
Colobocyba Simon, 1926 = Tapinocyba Simon, 1884 (Denis, 1948a: 28)

type Walckenaera praecox O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Colobocyba Simon, 1926: 399, 502 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05426] (type Erigone pallens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) by Denis, 1948a: 28; see note under Microctenonyx; not a senior synonym of Phlattothrata Crosby & Bishop, 1933 (Crawford, 1988: 14, contra Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 50).

Transferred to other genera:
Tapinocyba alexandrina (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) -- see Microctenonyx
Tapinocyba alpha Chamberlin, 1949 -- see Disembolus
Tapinocyba antepenultima (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) -- see Tapinocyboides
Tapinocyba bilacunata (L. Koch, 1881) -- see Silometopus
Tapinocyba conspecta Gertsch & Davis, 1936 -- see Masoncus
Tapinocyba exigua Hackman, 1954 -- see Scirites
Tapinocyba exilis (Blackwall, 1853) -- see Walckenaeria
Tapinocyba flagellata (Emerton, 1911) -- see Phlattothrata
Tapinocyba idahoana Chamberlin, 1949 -- see Glyphesis
Tapinocyba incerta Kulczyński, 1916 -- see Sibirocyba
Tapinocyba iowa Chamberlin, 1949 -- see Islandiana
Tapinocyba jacksoni Denis, 1937 -- see Typhochrestus
Tapinocyba kesimba Chamberlin, 1949 -- see Disembolus
Tapinocyba korgei Wunderlich, 1995 -- see Crosbyarachne
Tapinocyba locketi Tanasevitch, 1983 -- see Dactylopisthes
Tapinocyba matanuskae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 -- see Phlattothrata
Tapinocyba meadei (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) -- see Baryphyma
Tapinocyba oiwa Saito, 1980 -- see Paratapinocyba
Tapinocyba phana Chamberlin, 1949 -- see Disembolus
Tapinocyba pygmaea (Menge, 1869) -- see Tapinocyboides
Tapinocyba scopulifera (Emerton, 1882) -- see Glyphesis
Tapinocyba silvestris Georgescu, 1973 -- see Crosbyarachne

In synonymy:
Tapinocyba discedens Denis, 1948 = Tapinocyba mitis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) (Lecigne et al., 2022: 29).
Tapinocyba ingrata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881) = Tapinocyba praecox (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (Jackson, 1905: 253).
Tapinocyba tenella Bösenberg, 1899 = Tapinocyba praecox (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (Moritz, 1973: 201).

Nomina dubia:
Tapinocyba barsica Kolosváry, 1934b: 15, f. 9 (m, Hungary) -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 62.
Tapinocyba dolosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 126, m, Britain, originally in Neriene) -- Bristowe, 1941: 515.
Tapinocyba transsylvanica Kolosváry, 1934c: 42, f. 3 (f, Romania) -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 62.

Tapinocyba abetoneensis Wunderlich, 1980e: 335, f. 52-58 (Dm).

Tapinocyba affinis Lessert, 1907: 106, f. 1-4 (Dmf).
Tapinocyba affinis Lessert, 1910b: 157, f. 94-97 (mf).
Colobocyba affinis Simon, 1926: 399, 502, f. 711 (mf).
Colobocyba affinis Denis, 1943b: 11, f. 5-6 (f).
Tapinocyba affinis Miller, 1947: 29, pl. VIII, f. 15 (f).
Tapinocyba affinis Wiehle, 1960a: 530, f. 984-990 (mf).
Tapinocyba affinis Wiehle, 1960c: 479, f. 26 (m).
Tapinocyba affinis Wiehle, 1967c: 199, f. 10 (m).
Tapinocyba affinis Miller, 1971: 271, pl. LVII, f. 3-4, pl. LX, f. 26 (mf).
Tapinocyba affinis Georgescu, 1973a: 127, f. 15, 18, 21 (m).
Tapinocyba affinis Thaler, 1976a: 242, f. 55-57 (mf).
Tapinocyba affinis Millidge, 1977: 15, f. 43 (m).
Tapinocyba affinis Millidge, 1979: 318, f. 12-13, 17 (m).
Tapinocyba affinis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 252, f. 673.2-4 (mf; N.B.: f. 673.1 is a copy of Wiehle, 1960a: 530, f. 983, which shows Tapinocyba insecta).

Tapinocyba affinis orientalis Millidge, 1979: 318, f. 15, 18 (Dm).

Tapinocyba affinis pyrenaea Millidge, 1979: 318, f. 14, 16, 19 (Dm).

Tapinocyba algirica Bosmans, 2007: 139, f. 153-158 (Dmf).

Tapinocyba altimontana Tanasevitch, 2019g: 307, f. 2, 7-12 (Dm).

Tapinocyba anceps Denis, 1948a: 26, f. 16 (Df).

Lophocarenum bicarinatum Emerton, 1913a: 214, pl. 1, f. 8 (Dm).
Lophocarenum bicarinatum Crosby & Zorsch, 1935: 42, f. 1-5 (m, Df).
Tapinocyba bicarinata Crosby & Bishop, 1936b: 63.
Tapinocyba bicarinata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 121, f. 1268-1271 (mf).

Erigone biscissa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873a: 754, pl. 65, f. 9 (Dm).
Plaesiocraerus bisissus Simon, 1884a: 776, f. 688-689 (m).
Tapinocyba bicissa Bösenberg, 1902: 207, pl. 18, f. 288 (m).
Colobocyba bisissa Simon, 1926: 400, 503, f. 712 (m).
Tapinocyba biscissa Wiehle, 1960a: 523, f. 969-973 (m, Df).
Tapinocyba biscissa Wiehle, 1961b: 181, f. 18 (f).
Tapinocyba biscissa Staręga, 1972: 78, f. 7, photo 5 (f).
Tapinocyba biscissa Palmgren, 1976: 101, f. 19.12-13 (mf).
Tapinocyba biscissa Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 252, f. 672 (mf).

Tapinocyba cameroni Dupérré & Paquin, 2007b: 12, f. 30-37 (Dmf).

Tapinocyba centralis Irfan et al., 2024: 196, f. 1A-D, 2A-F (Dm).

Plaesiocraerus corsicus Simon, 1884a: 773, f. 683 (Dm).
Colobocyba corsica Simon, 1926: 399, 502.
Tapinocyba corsica Millidge, 1975c: 122, f. 11-19 (m, Df).
Tapinocyba corsica Millidge, 1979: 320, f. 27-28 (m).

Tapinocyba denticulata Irfan et al., 2024: 199, f. 3A-C, 4A-E, 5A-E (Dmf).

Tapinocyba dietrichi Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 118, pl. 2, f. 40-44 (Dmf).

Tmeticus distinctus Banks, 1892a: 40, pl. 4, f. 22 (Df).
Tmeticus distinctus Banks, 1916: 75, pl. 11, f. 27 (f).
Tapinocyba distincta Crosby & Bishop, 1928b: 1052.

Tapinocyba emei Tanasevitch, 2018b: 169, f. 1-5 (Dm).

Tapinocyba emertoni Barrows & Ivie, 1942: 22, f. 11-14 (Dm).

Tapinocyba formosa Tanasevitch, 2011e: 38, f. 11-14, 22-28 (Dmf).

Tapinocyba gamma Chamberlin, 1949: 550, f. 153 (Df).

Lophocarenum hortense Emerton, 1924a: 143, f. 5 (Dm).
Tapinocyba hortensis Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 119, pl. 2, f. 45-48 (m).
Tapinocyba hortensis Kaston, 1948: 179, f. 531-533 (m, Df).

Erigone insecta L. Koch, 1869: 187 (Dm).
Erigone ovata Dahl, 1883: 48 (mf, misidentified sensu Wiehle, 1960a: 526, cf. Micryphantes ovatus).
Plaesiocraerus insectus Simon, 1884a: 774, f. 684-687 (mf).
Microctenonyx ovatus Dahl, 1886: 81 (misidentified per Wiehle, 1960a: 526, cf. Micryphantes ovatus).
Tapinocyba insecta Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 130, pl. 5, f. 10 (mf).
Tapinocyba insecta Bösenberg, 1902: 206, pl. 18, f. 286 (mf).
Tapinocyba insectus Jackson, 1905: 257, pl. 8, f. 2a-b, 4b, 5b, 6c, 9a-b, 10b (mf).
Tapinocyba insecta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906a: 68, pl. B, f. 20-23 (mf).
Diplocephalus insectus Lessert, 1910b: 154.
Colobocyba insecta Simon, 1926: 400, 502, f. 713 (mf).
Troxochrus insectus Hull, 1933: 108.
Tapinocyba insecta Miller, 1947: 26, pl. VIII, f. 13 (f).
Tapinocyba insecta Denis, 1948a: 25, f. 13-14 (m).
Tapinocyba insecta Locket & Millidge, 1953: 268, f. 162C-D, 163D (mf).
Tapinocyba insecta Tullgren, 1955: 371, f. 73a-d (mf).
Tapinocyba insecta Wiehle, 1960a: 526, f. 975-983 (mf).
Tapinocyba insecta Merrett, 1963b: 409, f. 81A-C (m).
Tapinocyba insecta Miller, 1971: 271, pl. LVII, f. 8-9 (mf).
Tapinocyba insecta Palmgren, 1976: 101, f. 19.14-15 (mf).
Tapinocyba insecta Millidge, 1977: 15, f. 42 (m).
Tapinocyba insecta Martin, 1981: 81, f. 1-8 (mf).
Tapinocyba insecta Polenec, 1984: 82, f. 5 (m).
Tapinocyba insecta Roberts, 1987: 72, f. 30e, 31e (mf).
Tapinocyba insecta Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 252, f. 674 (mf).

Tapinocyba kolymensis Eskov, 1989a: 106, f. 54-58 (Dmf).
Tapinocyba kolymensis Sha, Gao & Zhu, 1994: 15, f. 9-12 (m).
Tapinocyba kolymensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 207, f. 117J-K (m).

Tapinocyba latia Millidge, 1979: 321, f. 29-32 (Dm).

Tapinocyba ligurica Thaler, 1976a: 242, f. 43-53 (Dmf).

Tapinocyba lindrothi Hackman, 1954: 16, f. 42-46 (Df).

Tapinocyba lucana Millidge, 1979: 321, f. 33, 35 38, 40 (Dmf).

Tapinocyba maureri Thaler, 1991a: 180, f. 50-55 (Dmf).
Tapinocyba maureri Hänggi, 1993: 304, f. 1-2 (mf).
Tapinocyba maureri Pesarini, 2000: 380, f. 1-4 (mf).

Lophocarenum minutum Emerton, 1909: 191, pl. 3, f. 8 (Dmf).
Prosopotheca minuta Crosby & Bishop, 1928b: 1051.
Tapinocyba minuta Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 120, pl. 2, f. 49-53 (mf).
Tapinocyba minuta Kaston, 1948: 179, f. 499-500, 524 (mf).
Tapinocyba minuta Dupérré & Paquin, 2005: 36, f. 1-6 (mf).

Walckenaera mitis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882a: 8, pl. 1, f. 6 (Df).
Tapinocyba mitis Jackson, 1905: 258, pl. 8, f. 3a-b, 4c, 5c, 6a, 7a-b, 10a (mf).
Tapinocyba mitis Reimoser, 1919: 61.
Tapinocyba discedens Denis, 1948a: 27, f. 17-19, 22a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012824].
Tapinocyba mitis Locket & Millidge, 1953: 268, f. 162E-F, 163F (mf).
Tapinocyba mitis Roberts, 1987: 75, f. 30f, 31f (mf).
Tapinocyba mitis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 252, f. 671 (mf).
Tapinocyba mitis Lecigne et al., 2022: 28 (S of Tapinocyba discedens).

Tapinocyba montivaga Tanasevitch, 2019g: 305, f. 1, 3-6 (Dm).

Erigone pallens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873a: 753, pl. 65, f. 8 (Dmf).
Tapinocyba pallens Simon, 1884a: 781, f. 693-696 (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 130, pl. 5, f. 11 (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Becker, 1896: 147, pl. 12, f. 4 (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Smith, 1901a: 303, p. 334, f. 1a, 2a (m).
Tapinocyba pallens Smith, 1901b: 9, f. 2h (f).
Tapinocyba pallens Bösenberg, 1902: 206, pl. 18, f. 287 (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Jackson, 1905: 256, pl. 8, f. 1a-b, 4a, 5a, 6b, 8a-b, 10c-d (mf).
Colobocyba pallens Simon, 1926: 399, 502, f. 710 (mf).
Colobocyba pallens Denis, 1943b: 11, f. 1-4 (removed mf from S of T. exilis).
Tapinocyba pallens Locket & Millidge, 1953: 267, f. 162A-B, 163C, I (mf).
Tapinocyba exilis Tullgren, 1955: 373, f. 74a-c (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Wiehle, 1960a: 533, f. 991-998 (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Palmgren, 1976: 101, f. 19.8-11 (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Thaler, 1976a: 242, f. 54 (m).
Tapinocyba pallens Millidge, 1977: 15, f. 44 (m).
Tapinocyba pallens Roberts, 1987: 72, f. 30d, 31d (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Tanasevitch, 1990: 104, f. 23.23, 24.15, 28.28 (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 252, f. 675 (mf).
Tapinocyba pallens Agnarsson, 1996: 93, f. 87A-C (mf).

Tapinocyba parva Seo, 2018: 264, f. 5N-O, 10G-N (Dmf).

Tapinocyba pontis Chamberlin, 1949: 554, f. 127-128 (Df).

Walckenaera praecox O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873c: 549, pl. 46, f. 19 (Dm).
Walckenaera ingrata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881a: 443 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063261].
Tapinocyba praecox Simon, 1884a: 779, f. 690-692 (mf).
Tapinocyba ingrata Simon, 1884a: 787.
Tapinocyba praecox Simon, 1894a: 657, f. 648-649, 676 (m).
Tapinocyba praecox Becker, 1896: 146, pl. 12, f. 3 (mf).
Tapinocyba tenella Bösenberg, 1899: 117, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057967].
Tapinocyba praecox Smith, 1901a: 333, p. 334: f. 1e, 2e (m).
Tapinocyba praecox Bösenberg, 1902: 207, pl. 18, f. 289 (m).
Tapinocyba tenella Bösenberg, 1902: 208, pl. 18, f. 292 (f).
Tapinocyba praecox Jackson, 1905: 253, pl. 7, f. 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a, 9a-b (mf, S of Tapinocyba ingrata).
Diplocephalus tenellus Reimoser, 1919: 61.
Tapinocyba praecox Simon, 1926: 398, 501, f. 708 (mf).
Troxochrus praecox Hull, 1933: 108.
Tapinocyba praecox Denis, 1948a: 24, f. 11-12 (m).
Tapinocyba praecox Locket & Millidge, 1953: 266, f. 161E-G, 163H (mf).
Tapinocyba praecox Wiehle, 1960a: 519, f. 961-968 (mf).
Tapinocyba praecox Merrett, 1963b: 408, f. 80A-B (m).
Tapinocyba praecox Miller, 1971: 271, pl. LVII, f. 5-7 (mf).
Tapinocyba praecox Moritz, 1973: 201 (S of Diplocephalus tenellus).
Tapinocyba praecox Millidge, 1977: 15, f. 41 (m).
Tapinocyba praecox Roberts, 1987: 72, f. 30c, 31c (mf).
Tapinocyba praecox Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 252, f. 670 (mf).
Tapinocyba praecox Hormiga, 2000: 54, f. 27A-G, pl. 62A-F, 63A-D, 64A-F (mf).

Tapinocyba minuta Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 122, f. 1276-1279 (mf, misidentified per Dupérré & Paquin, 2005: 40).
Tapinocyba prima Dupérré & Paquin, 2005: 40, f. 7-12 (Dmf).

Tapinocyba silvicultrix Saito, 1980: 66, f. 1-8 (Dmf).
Tapinocyba silvicultrix Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 265, f. 81-89 (mf).
Tapinocyba suganamii Suzuki, 2020d: 66, f. 6-7 (m; misidentified per Suzuki, 2021: 89).
Tapinocyba silvicultrix Suzuki, 2021a: 89, f. 1 (m).

Lophocarenum simplex Emerton, 1882: 50, pl. 14, f. 5 (Dm).
Erigone simplex Marx, 1890a: 536.
Diplocephalus simplex Simon, 1894a: 615.
Tapinocyba simplex Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 123, pl. 3, f. 59-63 (m, Df).
Tapinocyba simplex Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 122, f. 1280-1283 (mf).

Tapinocyba spoliatrix Tanasevitch, 1985b: 850, pl. 5, f. 1-5 (Dmf).
Tapinocyba spoliatrix Tanasevitch, 1989a: 149, f. 182-183, 197 (mf).

Tapinocyba subula Seo, 2018: 265, f. 5P-Q, 11A-I (Dmf).
Tapinocyba subula Ohchi, 2022b: 89, f. 1-11 (mf).

Tapinocyba sucra Chamberlin, 1949: 554, f. 122-123 (Df).

Tapinocyba suganamii Saito & Ono, 2001: 31, f. 65-69 (Dmf).
Tapinocyba suganamii Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 265, f. 90-94 (mf).

Tapinocyba triangularis Irfan et al., 2024: 203, f. 6A-C, 7A-H, 8A-E (Dmf).

Tapinocyba ventosa Millidge, 1979: 321, f. 20-26 (Dmf).

Tapinocyba vermontis Chamberlin, 1949: 555, f. 152 (Df).

Tapinocyba virga Irfan et al., 2024: 208, f. 9A-C, 10A-H, 11A-E (Dmf).