Linyphiinae Blackwall, 1859

Silva-Moreira, Thiago Da, Kulkarni, Siddharth & Hormiga, Gustavo, 2025, A total evidence phylogenetic analysis of the spider family Linyphiidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), Zootaxa 5685 (1), pp. 1-78 : 61

Subfamily Linyphiinae Blackwall, 1859 new circumscription

Linyphiinae Blackwall, 1859 (ad partem),

Linyphieae [ad partem] Merrett 1963, 1965

Linyphiinae Millidge, 1977 [ad partem]

Linyphiinae Millidge 1984, I983

Type genus: Linyphia Latreille, 1804 .

Dubiaraneinae Millidge, 1993 (new synonymy). Type Genus: Dubiaranea Mello-Leitão, 1943 .

Diagnosis: All members of Linyphiinae are diagnosed by a compact characteristic lamella with an apophysis on the male palp ( Silva-Moreira & Hormiga 2022, figs 6f, 14f) and an epigynum with a dorsal plate scape ( Millidge 1991, figs 42, 51, 58) or socket ( Millidge 1991, figs 13, 21).

Composition: Linyphiinae new circumscription includes a fraction of the subfamilies Linyphiinae and the entirety of Dubiaraneinae (both sensu Millidge 1993): “clade D” of Wang et al. (2015) and the MPME clade (sensu Silva-Moreira & Hormiga 2021). In this study, they are represented by the type genus, plus representatives of the following genera: Diplothyron Millidge , Dubiaranea Mello-Leitao , Eurymorion Millidge, Frontinella, F.O. Pickard-Cambridge , Lomaita Bryant , Microlinyphia Gerhardt , Neriene Blackwall , Notiohyphantes Millidge , Novafrontina Millidge , Orsonwelles Hormiga , Pityohyphantes Simon , and Plectembolus Millidge & Russell-Smith , as well as six undescribed genera ( Table 8). The exact composition of Linyphiinae requires a more extensive study which is beyond the scope of this paper.