World Spider Catalog

Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Blabomma and Yorima are transferred from the Dictynidae to the Cybaeidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; Argyroneta is 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 Dictynidae to Hahniidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 607; Cicurinidae new circumscribed (Bromella, Cicurina and Chorizomma) and elevated to family by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11; included genera of Dictynidae listed by Gorneau et al., 2023: 12; re-separation of Argyronetidae (Ono, 2009a: 169, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii, with the single genus Argyroneta) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; considering the low bootstrap values of dichotomies in the families Agelenidae, Cybaidae, Hahniidae, Toxopidae and Dictynidae (see Wheeler et al., 2017) the proposed positon of Argyroneta is far from certain (e.g. Ono & Ogata, 2018: 618); we reflect the transfer here and state that Argyronetidae Thorell, 1869: 45 has priority under ICZN; we suggest to wait for a stable family placement and naming before a nomenclatorial action at the family name level is done; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16.

In synonymy:

Altellela Miller, 1949 = Altella Simon, 1885 (Lehtinen, 1967: 211)

Amphissa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 = Altella Simon, 1885 (Simon, 1885f: 321, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Amphissa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 -- see Altella Simon, 1885 - in Simon, 1885f

Gen. Altella Simon, 1885 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01958

N.B.: year of description corrected per Frétey, 2023: 124; replacement name for Amphissa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882a: 2 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05481], preoccupied in Gastropoda by H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858; considered a senior synonym of Altellela Miller, 1949: 80 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05482] (type A. biuncata Miller, 1949) by Lehtinen, 1967: 211; may be a junior synonym of Argenna Thorell, 1869 (Wunderlich, 1995b: 424, Wunderlich, 2004j: 1429).

Transferred to other genera:

Altella emilieae Lissner, 2016 -- see Chaerea

Altella lathysoides Denis, 1937 -- see Lathys

Altella libyca Denis, 1947 -- see Devade

Altella nielseni Schenkel, 1932 -- see Lathys

Altella tenella Tystshenko, 1965 -- see Devade

In synonymy:

Altella bertkaui Wiehle, 1967 = Altella lucida Simon, 1874 (Lehtinen, 1967: 213)

Altella desertorum Simon, 1910 = Altella uncata Simon, 1885 (Lehtinen, 1967: 211)

Altella rupicola Simon, 1885 = Altella uncata Simon, 1885 (Lehtinen, 1967: 211)

Altella aussereri Thaler, 1990 | | Italy, Slovakia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022055

Altella aussereri Thaler in Thaler & Noflatscher, 1990: 170, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Altella aussereri Purgat et al., 2024: 762, f. 3A-B, 4A-B, 5 (f)

Altella biuncata (Miller, 1949) | | Central Europe, Italy, Romania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022056

Altellela biuncata Miller, 1949: 90, f. 1-7, 29 (Dmf) Original description

Lathargenna incerta Braun, 1963b: 121, f. 18-21 (m; misidentified per Wunderlich, 1974b: 172)

Altellela biuncata Braun, 1964: 156, f. 4 (f)

Altellela biuncata Miller, 1971: 71, pl. III, f. 22, pl. IV, f. 1 (m)

Altella biuncata Wunderlich, 1974b: 172, f. 8-10 (mf)

Altellela biuncata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 372, f. 969 (mf)

Altella biuncata Wunderlich, 2004j: 1429, f. 75 (m)

Altella biuncata Trotta, 2005: 163, f. 247-248 (mf)

Altella caspia Ponomarev, 2008 | | Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041583

Altella caspia Ponomarev, 2008a: 55, f. 20-22 (Dmf) Original description

Altella conglobata Dyal, 1935 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041288

Altella conglobata Dyal, 1935: 156, pl. 14, f. 74-76, 78 (Df) Original description

Altella conglobata Lehtinen, 1967: 211 ("must be transferred into Uloboridae, but its exact position remains obscure")

Altella hungarica Loksa, 1981 | | Hungary, Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022057

Altella hungarica Loksa, 1981b: 332, f. 1-11 (Dm) Original description

Altella hungarica Ponomarev, Prokopenko & Shmatko, 2017: 104, f. 1-7 (m, Df)

Altella lucida (Simon, 1874) | | Europe, Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022058

Lethia lucida Simon, 1874a: 203 (Df) Original description

Lethia spinigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881a: 468 (Dm)

Amphissa spinigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882a: 3, pl. 1, f. 1 (m)

Altella spinigera Bertkau, 1884: 354 (Df)

Argenna lucida Kulczyński, 1898: 54, pl. 1, f. 4 (f)

Altella spinigera Bösenberg, 1902: 246, pl. 22, f. 354 (mf)

Altella lucida Simon, 1914: 49, 62

Altella lucida Denis, 1947e: 149, f. 4 (f)

Altella lucida Locket & Millidge, 1951: 61, f. 30A-B (mf)

Altella lucida Wiehle, 1953: 112, f. 239-241 (mf)

Altella lucida Lehtinen, 1967: 211, f. 281 (f, S of Altella bertkaui)

Altella bertkaui Wiehle, 1967a: 29, f. 130-138 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059283]

Altella lucida Loksa, 1969: 36, f. 24A-C (f)

Altella lucida Merrett, 1971: 39, f. 1-3 (m)

Altella lucida Merrett, 1973: 124, f. 1-2 (f)

Altella bertkaui Moritz, 1973: 202, f. 28-33 (mf)

Altella lucida Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 3, f. 1A-D (mf)

Altella lucida Wunderlich, 1974b: 169, f. 5-7 (mf)

Altella lucida Roberts, 1985: 54, f. 16c (mf)

Altella lucida Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 372, f. 968 (mf)

Altella lucida Roberts, 1998: 91, f. (mf)

Argenna lucida Borges & Wunderlich, 2008: 262, f. 14

Altella lucida Danişman et al., 2014: 64, f. 1A-B (f)

Altella lucida Kovblyuk et al., 2016: 22, f. 32-35 (m)

Altella lucida Naumova & Deltshev, 2021: 64, f. 1-2 (f)

Altella media Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022059

Altella media Wunderlich, 1992a: 422, f. 607-608 (Df) Original description

Altella opaca Simon, 1911 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022060

Altella opaca Simon, 1911b: 280 (Df) Original description

Altella opaca Lehtinen, 1967: 450, f. 279 (f)

Altella orientalis Balogh, 1935 | | Hungary urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022061

Altella orientalis Balogh, 1935: 15 (Dmf) Original description

Altella pygmaea Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022062

Altella pygmaea Wunderlich, 1992a: 422, f. 609 (Df) Original description

Argenna pygmaea Wunderlich, 2011: 395, f. 1 (Dm)

Altella uncata Simon, 1885 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022063

Altella uncata Simon, 1885f: 322 (Dmf) Original description

Altella rupicola Simon, 1885f: 322 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059285]

Altella rupicola Simon, 1892a: 233, f. 189

Altella desertorum Simon, 1911b: 280 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059284]

Altella uncata Lehtinen, 1967: 211, f. 280, 283 (mf, S of Altella desertorum and A. rupicola)

Altella uncata Frétey, 2023: 124 (year of description corrected)