Dictynidae

Dictynidae
Temporal range:
Lathys insulana, male
Dictyna civica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
Diversity
45 genera, 339 species
blue: reported countries (WSC)
green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist)

Dictynidae is a family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 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]

Several genera were transferred to the family Argyronetidae and others to the family Lathyidae in 2025.[3]

Genera

As of October 2025, this family includes 45 genera and 339 species:[4]

  • Adenodictyna Ono, 2008 – Japan
  • Ajmonia Caporiacco, 1934 – Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, India, Sri Lanka, Iran, Portugal, Spain, North Africa
  • Anaxibia Thorell, 1898 – Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe, Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka
  • Arangina Lehtinen, 1967 – New Zealand
  • Archaeodictyna Caporiacco, 1928 – Africa, China, Myanmar, Europe to Central Asia,
  • Arethyna Cala-Riquelme, 2025 – China, Russia, North America
  • Argennina Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 – United States
  • Atelolathys Simon, 1892 – Sri Lanka
  • Banaidja Lehtinen, 1967 – Samoa
  • Brigittea Lehtinen, 1967 – Asia, Russia, New Caledonia, Mediterranean, North Africa. Introduced to South Africa
  • Califorenigma Cala-Riquelme, Gorneau & Esposito, 2025 – United States
  • Callevophthalmus Simon, 1906 – Australia
  • Dictyna Sundevall, 1833 – Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  • Dictynomorpha Spassky, 1939 – Central Asia
  • Emblyna Chamberlin, 1948 – Europe, North America, Ecuador, Galapagos, Cuba, Greater Antilles
  • Eriena Cala-Riquelme, Crews & Esposito, 2025 – North America
  • Helenactyna Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
  • Khalotyna Cala-Riquelme, Alequín & Esposito, 2025 – North America. Introduced to Hawaii
  • Kharitonovia Esyunin, Zamani & Tuneva, 2017 – Uzbekistan, Iran
  • Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – North to South America
  • Maretyna Lin & Liu, 2025 – China
  • Marilynia Lehtinen, 1967 – Europe to Central Asia, North Africa
  • Mashimo Lehtinen, 1967 – South Africa, Zambia
  • Mexitlia Lehtinen, 1967 – Mexico, United States
  • Myanmardictyna Wunderlich, 2017 – Myanmar
  • Nigma Lehtinen, 1967 – Africa, Asia, Southern Europe
  • Nopalityna Cala-Riquelme & Esposito, 2025 – North America
  • Pangunus Cala-Riquelme, 2025 – China, Mongolia, India
  • Paradictyna Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Penangodyna Wunderlich, 1995 – Malaysia
  • Phantyna Chamberlin, 1948 – North America, Galapagos, Venezuela
  • Purplecorna Cala-Riquelme & Esposito, 2025 – North America
  • Qiyunia Song & Xu, 1989 – China, Japan
  • Rhion O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 – Sri Lanka
  • Shango Lehtinen, 1967 – South Africa
  • Shikibutyna Cala-Riquelme, Gorneau & Esposito, 2025 – Kazakhstan, Eastern Asia, Canary Islands, Central Europe, Russia
  • Simziella Cala-Riquelme & Alequín, 2025 – Tajikistan, China, Canary Islands, Russia, Finland, North America
  • Spagnius Cala-Riquelme & Crews, 2025 – Cuba, North America
  • Sudesna Lehtinen, 1967 – China, Korea, Philippines, India, Australia
  • Tahuantina Lehtinen, 1967 – Chile
  • Tandil Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Argentina
  • Thallumetus Simon, 1893 – Ascension Is, Bonaire, Virgin Islands, Panama, Mexico, United States, South America
  • Tivyna Chamberlin, 1948 – Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico, United States, Galapagos
  • Tolkienus Cala-Riquelme, Crews & Esposito, 2025 – Equatorial Guinea, Caucasus, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, North America
  • Viridictyna Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

References

  1. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871). "Arachnida". The Zoological Record. 7: 207–224.
  2. ^ Roth, V.D.; Brown, W.L. (1975). "Comments on the spider Saltonia incerta Banks (Agelenidae?)" (PDF). J. Arachnol. 3: 53–56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2006-08-06.
  3. ^ Montana, K. O.; Cala-Riquelme, F.; Crews, S. C.; Gorneau, J. A.; Al-Jamal, A. M.; Alequín, L. D.; Spagna, J. C.; Ballarin, F.; Esposito, L. A. (2025). "Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204: 1–97. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007.
  4. ^ "Family: Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-09.


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