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Linyphiidae (money spider/sheet weaver)

Arachnida - Araneae - Linyphiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Linyphiidae Blackwall
1922Linyphiidae Petrunkevitch p. 250
2002Linyphiidae Penney
2013Linyphiidae Dunlop et al. p. 155
2017Linyphiidae Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyAraneoideaSimon 1895
familyLinyphiidaeBlackwall 1859
familyLinyphiidaeBlackwall 1859

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Linyphiidae Blackwall 1859 [money spider/sheet weaver]
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G. †Agynetiphantes Wunderlich 2004
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†Agynetiphantes gibbiferus Wunderlich 2004
G. Ceratinopsis Emerton 1882
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†Ceratinopsis deformans Wunderlich 1998
G. Cnephalocotes Simon 1884
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Cnephalocotes obscurus Blackwall 1834
G. †Custodela Petrunkevitch 1942
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†Custodela acuta Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela acutula Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela bispina Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela bispinosa Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela cheiracantha Koch and Berendt 1854
†Custodela clava Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela curva Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela curvata Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela divergens Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela expandens Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela falcata Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela femurspinosa Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela henningseni Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela kochi Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela lamellata Wunderlich 1988
†Custodela lanx Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela oblonga Koch and Berendt 1854
†Custodela obtusa Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela parva Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela pseudokochi Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela stridulans Wunderlich 2004
†Custodela tenuipes Petrunkevitch 1942
†Custodela tibialis Wunderlich 2004
Invalid names: Obnisus Petrunkevitch 1942 [synonym]
G. †Custodelela Wunderlich 2004
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†Custodelela hamata Wunderlich 2004
G. †Eolabulla Wunderlich 2004
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†Eolabulla falcata Wunderlich 2004
†Eolabulla gladiformis Wunderlich 2004
†Eolabulla laminata Wunderlich 2004
†Eolabulla perforata Wunderlich 2004
†Eolabulla sagitta Wunderlich 2004
†Eolabulla similis Wunderlich 2004
G. †Eophantes Wunderlich 2004
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†Eophantes complicatus Wunderlich 2004
†Eophantes seorsum Wunderlich 2012
G. Erigone Audouin 1826
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Erigone atra Blackwall 1833
†Erigone dechenii Bertkau 1878
G. Floricomus Crosby and Bishop 1925
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†Floricomus fossilis Penney 2005
G. Gonatium Menge 1868
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Gonatium rubens Blackwall 1833
G. Hypselistes Simon 1894
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Hypselistes jacksoni Pickard-Cambridge 1902
G. Linyphia Latreille 1804
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†Linyphia andraei Bertkau 1878
†Linyphia byrami Cockerell 1925
†Linyphia florissanti Petrunkevitch 1922
†Linyphia pachygnathoides Petrunkevitch 1922
†Linyphia quievreuxi Berland 1939
†Linyphia retensa Scudder 1890
†Linyphia rottensis Bertkau 1878
†Linyphia seclusa Scudder 1890
G. †Madagascarphantes Wunderlich 2012
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†Madagascarphantes vomerans Wunderlich 2012
G. †Malepellis Petrunkevitch 1971
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†Malepellis extincta Petrunkevitch 1971
G. †Meioneta Hull 1920
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Meioneta bigibber Wunderlich 1988
†Meioneta fastigata Wunderlich 1988
Meioneta separata Wunderlich 1988
G. Micryphantes Koch 1833
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†Micryphantes molybdinus Koch and Berendt 1854
†Micryphantes regularis Koch and Berendt 1854
G. †Mystagogus Petrunkevitch 1942
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†Mystagogus dubius Petrunkevitch 1958
†Mystagogus glaber Petrunkevitch 1942
G. †Palaeophantes Wunderlich 2023
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†Palaeophantes paracymbium Wunderlich 2023
G. †Paralabulla Wunderlich 2004
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†Paralabulla bitterfeldensis Wunderlich 2004
†Paralabulla succinifera Wunderlich 2004
G. Pocadicnemis Simon 1884
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Pocadicnemis pumila Blackwall 1841
G. Savignia Blackwall 1833
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Savignia frontata Blackwall 1833
G. Selenyphantes Gertsch and Davis 1946
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†Selenyphantes flagellifera Wunderlich 1986
Invalid names: Palaeolinyphia Wunderlich 1986 [synonym]
G. †Succineta Wunderlich 2004
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†Succineta brevispina Wunderlich 2004
†Succineta discoidalis Wunderlich 2004
G. †Succiphantes Wunderlich 2004
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†Succiphantes tanasevitchi Wunderlich 2004
†Succiphantes velteni Wunderlich 2004
G. Toschia Caporiacco 1949
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†Toschia fossilis Wunderlich 2004
Invalid names: Linyphiinae Blackwall 1859 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Linyphiidae indet. (110895)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Linyphia byrami (122746)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Eolabulla falcata, Custodela henningseni (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Custodela acutula (129228) Custodela sp., Paralabulla sp., Custodela bispina, Custodela bispinosa, Custodela curvata, Custodela femurspinosa, Custodela parva, Custodela pseudokochi, Custodela stridulans (147604) Paralabulla bitterfeldensis (147606) Paralabulla sp. (129227)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Micryphantes molybdinus, Linyphia oblonga (120811) Micryphantes regularis, Micryphantes molybdinus, Linyphia oblonga, Linyphia cheiracantha, Custodela kochi (109625) Succineta discoidalis (120813)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Custodela sp., Eolabulla sp., Eolabulla sp. 1, Succineta sp., Custodela oblonga, Eophantes seorsum, Eolabulla gladiformis, Eolabulla laminata, Eolabulla perforata, Eolabulla sagitta, Eolabulla similis, Paralabulla succinifera, Succiphantes velteni, Succiphantes tanasevitchi, Eophantes complicatus, Agynetiphantes gibbiferus, Custodelela hamata, Custodela acuta, Custodela clava, Custodela curva, Custodela divergens, Custodela expandens, Custodela falcata, Custodela lanx, Custodela obtusa, Custodela pseudokochi, Succineta discoidalis, Succineta brevispina, Palaeophantes paracymbium (124318) Custodela tibialis (123907) Eolabulla sp. 2 (123770) Lepthyphantes lamellatus (110735) Linyphia oblonga (124205) Obnisus tenuipes, Custodela cheiracantha, Mystagogus glaber, Mystagogus dubius (123766) Succiphantes velteni (123773)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Linyphia florissanti (127617) Linyphia pachygnathoides (124624) Theridium seclusum, Linyphia retensa (106384)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Linyphia quievreuxi (146907)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Linyphia rottensis, Linyphia andraei, Erigone dechenii (127628)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Malepellis extincta (124470)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ethiopia Linyphiidae indet. (151981)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Agyneta bigibber, Agyneta separata, Agyneta fastigata, Agyneta sp. (146557) Floricomus fossilis (124926) Meioneta fastigata, Meioneta separata (122472) Palaeolinyphia flagellifera (120817)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Erigone sp. (169385)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Erigone sp. (163070)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) Cnephalocotes obscurus, Gonatium rubens, Hypselistes jacksoni, Pocadicnemis pumila, Savignia frontata (146876) Erigone atra (146877)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Linyphiidae indet. (234540)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Grammonota deformans, Madagascarphantes vomerans, Toschia fossilis (147603)