Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: considered a senior synoym of Rhioidae Thorell, 1873 by Simon, 1892a: 241 (by transfer of the type genus); Blabomma and Yorima are transferred from the Dictynidae to the Cybaeidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; Argyroneta was transferred from the Cybaeidae to the Dictynidae and Cicurina (as well as Chorizomma and Mastigusa [transferred to the Cybaeidae by Castellucci et al., 2023: 6], which are not explicitely listed by Wheeler et al., 2017) from the Dictynidae to the Hahniidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 607; Cicurinidae are new circumscribed (Bromella, Cicurina and Chorizomma) and elevated to family by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11; Dictynidae were considered not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16; Argyronetidae are separated from the Dictynidae by Montana et al., 2025: 9 and include 12 genera, Argyroneta probably represents an own subfamily; Argyronetidae were seperated before (Ono, 2009a: 169, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii, with the single genus Argyroneta), but this was not accepted; Lathyidae are also separated from the Dictynidae by Montana et al., 2025: 43 and include 10 genera; Dictynidae are redefined by Montana et al., 2025: 79.
Gen. Eriena Cala-Riquelme, Crews & Esposito, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06310
type Dictyna minuta Emerton, 1888; gender feminine
Eriena minuta (Emerton, 1888) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022304 TYPE SPECIES
Dictyna minuta Emerton, 1888: 447, pl. 9, f. 5 (Dmf) Original description
Dictyna minuta Jones, 1947: 18, f. 47 (f)
Dictyna minuta Kaston, 1948: 510, f. 1898-1899, 1938-1939 (mf)
Dictyna minuta Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 73, pl. 19, f. 4-7 (mf)
Dictyna minuta Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 68, f. 566-568 (mf)
Eriena minuta Montana et al., 2025: 86 (T from Dictyna)
Eriena mora (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022306
Dictyna mora Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 75, pl. 19, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Eriena mora Montana et al., 2025: 86 (T from Dictyna)

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