World Spider Catalog

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. Nopalityna Cala-Riquelme & Esposito, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06312

type Theridion sublatum Hentz, 1850; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Nopalityna decorata (Banks, 1892) = Nopalityna sublata (Hentz, 1850) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 127, sub Dictyna)

Nopalityna dubia (Banks, 1892) = Nopalityna sublata (Hentz, 1850) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 127, sub Dictyna)

Nopalityna hypophyllum (Fitch, 1869, T from Theridion) = Nopalityna sublata (Hentz, 1850) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 127, sub Dictyna)

Nopalityna philoteichos (McCook, 1876) = Nopalityna sublata (Hentz, 1850) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 127, sub Dictyna)

Nopalityna sedentaria (Keyserling, 1881) = Nopalityna sublata (Hentz, 1850) (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 111, sub Dictyna)

Nopalityna socarnia (Chamberlin, 1948) = Nopalityna uintana (Chamberlin, 1919) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 118, sub Dictyna)

Nopalityna volupis (Keyserling, 1881) = Nopalityna sublata (Hentz, 1850) (Kaston, 1945b: 2, sub Dictyna)

Homonym replaced:

Nopalityna montana (Jones, 1948) -- see Nopalityna jonesae Roewer, 1955 Roewer, 1955c

Nopalityna francisca (Bishop & Ruderman, 1946) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022391

Dictyna francisca Bishop & Ruderman, 1946: 4, f. 9-11 (Dmf) Original description

Dictyna francisca Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 120, pl. 35, f. 5-8 (mf)

Nopalityna francisca Montana et al., 2025: 88 (T from Emblyna)

Nopalityna jonesae (Roewer, 1955) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022397

Dictyna montana Jones, 1948: 37, f. 18-20 (Dm; preoccupied by Tullgren, 1910, see Archaeodictyna condocta) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059077]

Dictyna jonesae Roewer, 1955c: 1322 (replacement name) Original description

Dictyna jonesae Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 123, pl. 37, f. 10-13 (m)

Nopalityna jonesae Montana et al., 2025: 88 (T from Emblyna)

Nopalityna orbiculata (Jones, 1947) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022414

Dictyna orbiculata Jones, 1947: 5, f. 10-13 (Dm) Original description

Dictyna orbiculata Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 131, pl. 39, f. 10-13 (m)

Nopalityna orbiculata Montana et al., 2025: 88 (T from Emblyna)

Nopalityna sublata (Hentz, 1850) | | Canada, USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022432 TYPE SPECIES

Theridion sublatum Hentz, 1850: 276, pl. 9, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Theridion hypophyllum Fitch, 1869: 564 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059098]

Tegenaria philoteichos McCook, 1876: 201 (provisional name, but accepted by later authors) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059099]

Dictyna sedentaria Keyserling, 1881b: 573, pl. 16, f. 20 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059100]

Dictyna volupis Keyserling, 1881c: 285, pl. 8, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059101]

Dictyna volupis Keyserling, 1884b: 664, pl. 21, f. 13 (Dm)

Dictyna volupis Emerton, 1888: 448, pl. 9, f. 8 (mf)

Dictyna dubia Banks, 1892a: 29, pl. 1, f. 86 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059103]

Dictyna sublata Banks, 1892a: 27 (S of Dictyna muraria, rejected by Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 124, see Emblyna annulipes)

Dictyna decorata Banks, 1892a: 28, pl. 1, f. 81, pl. 4, f. 81 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059102]

Dictyna philoteichos McCook, 1894: 105, pl. 29, f. 4-5 (mf habitus)

Dictyna volupis Emerton, 1902: 208, f. 474 (mf)

Dictyna sublata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 111 (S of Dictyna foliata, D. muraria, D. sedentaria and Theridion morologum; D. foliata is a nomen dubium per Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 100, D. muraria is S to Dictyna = Emblyna annulipes per Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 124 and T. morologum S to D. foliacea per Gertsch, in Roewer, 1955c: 1321)

Dictyna sublata Kaston, 1945b: 2, f. 7-9 (mf, S of Dictyna volupis)

Dictyna sublata Jones, 1947: 31, f. 78-81 (mf, S of Dictyna frondea; rejected by Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 73, see Dictyna foliacea)

Dictyna sublata Kaston, 1948: 504, f. 1891, 1909-1912, 1914-1916 (mf)

Emblyna sublata Chamberlin, 1948: 3, 9, pl. 3, f. 27-28 (mf)

Dictyna sublata Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 127, pl. 38, f. 1-8, pl. 39, f. 1-5 (mf, S of Dictyna decorata, D. dubia, D. philoteichos (removed from S of D. civica, rejecting Banks, 1893a: 124) and Theridion hypophyllum)

Dictyna sublata Shear, 1967: 16, f. 50-51 (m)

Emblyna sublata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 70, f. 587-589 (mf)

Emblyna sublata Crews et al., 2020: 912, f. 20G, S12A-C (f)

Nopalityna sublata Montana et al., 2025: 88, f. 16C-F, 29A-C, 58F (mf, T from Emblyna)

Nopalityna suprenans (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022434

Dictyna suprenans Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935b: 29, pl. 12, f. 92 (Dm) Original description

Dictyna suprenans Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 130, pl. 38, f. 19, pl. 39, f. 6-9 (mf)

Nopalityna suprenans Montana et al., 2025: 88 (T from Emblyna)

Nopalityna uintana (Chamberlin, 1919) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022437

Dictyna uintana Chamberlin, 1919a: 240, pl. 14, f. 3-5 (Dmf) Original description

Dictyna uintana Gertsch, 1946a: 13, f. 23

Dictyna socarnia Chamberlin, 1948: 8, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059104]

Dictyna uintana Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 118, pl. 35, f. 12-16 (mf, S of Dictyna socarnia)

Nopalityna uintana Montana et al., 2025: 88 (T from Emblyna)