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. Khalotyna Cala-Riquelme, Alequín & Esposito, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06311
type Dictyna calcarata Banks, 1904; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Khalotyna dactylata (Chamberlin, 1929) = Khalotyna calcarata (Banks, 1904) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 64, sub Dictyna)

Khalotyna hoples (Chamberlin, 1929) = Khalotyna calcarata (Banks, 1904) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 64, sub Dictyna)

Khalotyna calcarata (Banks, 1904) | | Canada, USA, Mexico. Introduced to Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022262 TYPE SPECIES
Dictyna calcarata Banks, 1904b: 342, pl. 40, f. 42 (Dm) Original description
Dictyna dactylata Chamberlin in Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929: 131 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059129]
Dictyna hoples Chamberlin in Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929: 132 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059130]
Dictyna calcarata Gertsch & Davis, 1937: 17 (Df)
Dictyna calcarata Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940: 330
Dictyna calcarata Jones, 1947: 25, f. 67 (f)
Tosyna calcarata Chamberlin, 1948: 30, pl. 6, f. 68-69 (mf)
Dictyna calcarata Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 64, pl. 17, f. 1-6 (mf, T from Tosyna, S of Dictyna dactylata and D. hoples)
Khalotyna calcarata Montana et al., 2025: 86, f. 64A-F (m, T from Dictyna)

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