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Dictynidae

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Dictynidae
Temporal range:Cretaceous–present
Lathys insulana,male
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
O. Pickard-Cambridge,1871
Diversity
52 genera,566 species

Dictynidaeis afamilyofcribellate,hackled band-producingspidersfirst described byOctavius Pickard-Cambridgein 1871.[1]Most build irregular webs on or near the ground, creating a tangle of silken fibers among several branches or stems of one plant.[2]

The genusArgyronetahas been placed in a separate familyArgyronetidae,but the family is not accepted by the World Spider Catalog and the genus is included in the Dictynidae.[3]

Genera

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As of April 2019,theWorld Spider Catalogaccepts the following genera:[3]

  • AdenodictynaOno, 2008— Japan
  • AebutinaSimon, 1892— Ecuador, Brazil
  • AjmoniaCaporiacco, 1934— Asia, Algeria
  • AltellaSimon, 1884— Europe, Asia, Algeria
  • AnaxibiaThorell, 1898— Asia, Africa
  • AranginaLehtinen, 1967— New Zealand
  • ArchaeodictynaCaporiacco, 1928— Asia, Europe, Africa
  • ArctellaHolm, 1945— Asia, North America
  • ArgennaThorell, 1870— Asia, North America
  • ArgenninaGertsch & Mulaik, 1936— United States
  • ArgyronetaLatreille, 1804— Asia, Europe
  • AtelolathysSimon, 1892— Sri Lanka
  • BanaidjaLehtinen, 1967— Samoa
  • BannaellaZhang & Li, 2011— China
  • BrigitteaLehtinen, 1967— Asia, Italy
  • BrommellaTullgren, 1948— Asia, United States, Greece
  • CallevophthalmusSimon, 1906— Australia
  • ChaereaSimon, 1884— Algeria, Europe
  • ClitistesSimon, 1902— Chile
  • DevadeSimon, 1884— Asia, Algeria, Ukraine
  • DictynaSundevall, 1833— North America, Asia, South America, Cuba, Panama, Europe, Africa
  • DictynomorphaSpassky, 1939— Asia
  • EmblynaChamberlin, 1948— North America, Asia, Europe, Ecuador
  • FunnyLin & Li, 2022— China
  • HackmaniaLehtinen, 1967— Russia, United States
  • HelenactynaBenoit, 1977— St. Helena
  • HoplolathysCaporiacco, 1947— Ethiopia
  • IviellaLehtinen, 1967— Canada, United States
  • KharitonoviaEsyunin, Zamani & Tuneva, 2017— Iran, Uzbekistan
  • LathysSimon, 1884— Asia, North America, Africa, Europe
  • MallosO. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902— North America, South America, Central America
  • MarilyniaLehtinen, 1967— France
  • MashimoLehtinen, 1967— Zambia
  • MexitliaLehtinen, 1967— Mexico, United States
  • MizagaSimon, 1898— Senegal
  • MyanmardictynaWunderlich, 2017— Myanmar
  • NigmaLehtinen, 1967— Asia, Africa, Europe, United States
  • ParadictynaForster, 1970— New Zealand
  • ParatheumaBryant, 1940— Oceania, Asia, North America
  • PenangodynaWunderlich, 1995— Malaysia
  • PhantynaChamberlin, 1948— North America, South America
  • QiyuniaSong & Xu, 1989— China, Japan
  • RhionO. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871— Sri Lanka
  • SaltoniaChamberlin & Ivie, 1942— United States
  • ScotolathysSimon, 1884— Algeria, Europe, Israel
  • ShangoLehtinen, 1967— South Africa
  • SudesnaLehtinen, 1967— Australia, Asia
  • TahuantinaLehtinen, 1967— Chile
  • TandilMello-Leitão, 1940— Argentina
  • ThallumetusSimon, 1893— South America, Panama, North America
  • TivynaChamberlin, 1948— United States, Mexico, Cuba
  • TricholathysChamberlin & Ivie, 1935— North America, Asia
  • ViridictynaForster, 1970— New Zealand

See also

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References

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  1. ^Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871). "Arachnida".The Zoological Record.7:207–224.
  2. ^Roth, V.D.; Brown, W.L. (1975)."Comments on the spiderSaltonia incertaBanks (Agelenidae?) "(PDF).J. Arachnol.3:53–56. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2019-08-05.Retrieved2006-08-06.
  3. ^ab"Family: Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871".World Spider Catalog.Natural History Museum Bern.Retrieved2019-04-22.