The morphology of the only member of the family Sinopimoidae (Li Sinopimoa bicolor, and Wunderlich, 2008), as described so far, is congruent with that of Linyphiidae (Hormiga, 2008) and thus we consider Sinopimoidae a junior synonym of the family Linyphiidae (New Synonymy). Holarchaeidae is a junior synonym of the family Anapidae (New Synonymy) and Pararchaeidae a junior synonym of the family Malkaridae (New Synonymy). Taxonomy Araneae Clerck, 1757 Superfamily Nicodamoidea Simon, 1897 New Rank Harvey (1995) and Griswold (2005)): male palpal tibia with Diagnosis et al. large dorsal apophysis; tarsi without trichobothria. Cribellate nicodamoids differ from Phyxelididae in lacking a clasping spine on male metatarsus I and lacking thorn-like setae on the anterior of the palpal femora. They differ from Titanoecidae in having a simple dorsal tibial apophysis on the male palp and having paracribellar spigots on the PMS. dorsal tibial apophysis in the male palp (Harvey, 1995; Putative Synapomorphies: Griswold 2005; Ramírez, 2014), the complex conformation of this process et al., (Ramírez, 2014, p. 241), branched median tracheae (Griswold 2005) and a single et al., cheliceral (Harvey, 1995) have been suggested as providing morphological evidence of Nicodamoidea monophyly. Two families: Nicodamidae 1897 New Status and Composition: Megadictynidae Lehtinen, 1967 Resurrected Rank. Family Nicodamidae Simon, 1897 New Status Nicodamidae Simon, 1897: 15. - Forster, 1970: 177; Davies, 1985: 92. Nicodaminae Simon. - Simon, 1898: 221-3; Bonnet, 1958: 3101. Type species: Walckenaer, 1841: 297; = Theridion peregrinum Nicodamus (Walckenaer, 1841) peregrinus
The morphology of Sinopimoa bicolor, the only member of the family Sinopimoidae (Li and Wunderlich, 2008), as described so far, is congruent with that of Linyphiidae (Hormiga, 2008) and thus we consider Sinopimoidae a junior synonym of the family Linyphiidae (New Synonymy). Holarchaeidae is a junior synonym of the family Anapidae (New Synonymy) and Pararchaeidae a junior synonym of the family Malkaridae (New Synonymy). Taxonomy Araneae Clerck, 1757 Superfamily Nicodamoidea Simon, 1897 New Rank Diagnosis Harvey (1995) and Griswold et al. (2005)): male palpal tibia with large dorsal apophysis; tarsi without trichobothria. Cribellate nicodamoids differ from Phyxelididae in lacking a clasping spine on male metatarsus I and lacking thorn-like setae on the anterior of the palpal femora. They differ from Titanoecidae in having a simple dorsal tibial apophysis on the male palp and having paracribellar spigots on the PMS. Putative Synapomorphies: dorsal tibial apophysis in the male palp (Harvey, 1995; Griswold et al., 2005; Ramírez, 2014), the complex conformation of this process (Ramírez, 2014, p. 241), branched median tracheae (Griswold et al., 2005) and a single cheliceral (Harvey, 1995) have been suggested as providing morphological evidence of Nicodamoidea monophyly. Composition: Two families: Nicodamidae 1897 New Status and Megadictynidae Lehtinen, 1967 Resurrected Rank. Family Nicodamidae Simon, 1897 New Status Nicodamidae Simon, 1897: 15. - Forster, 1970: 177; Davies, 1985: 92. Nicodaminae Simon. - Simon, 1898: 221-3; Bonnet, 1958: 3101. Type species: Theridion peregrinum Walckenaer, 1841: 297; = Nicodamus peregrinus (Walckenaer, 1841)
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