Each could be a Ph.D. project in itself. Selected species will span intrageneric variation and strongly test generic monophyly. Given the ambitious size of the project we envisage, and limits on size of dissertations, treatment of all neotropical erigonine species is not feasible, especially considering that many new taxa will be discovered. The only quantitative cladistic treatments are those of Hormiga, admittedly on small taxonomic samples. Unfortunately, no other explicit phylogenetic works on the Erigoninae exist.
All current knowledge is highly biased towards the Holarctic fauna.
Monotypic genera abound and the monophyly of many generic concepts that do provide grouping information remains highly questionable. Erigonine biology is all but unknown. Type material will be borrowed from a variety of institutions as necessary. GH already has some of the identified and unsorted neotropical linyphiid collections from the AMNH, CAS, MCZ and USNM on loan. The existing collections will be supplemented with field work.