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. Ajmonia Caporiacco, 1934 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01957

type Ajmonia patellaris Caporiacco, 1934; gender feminine; syn. of Ajmonia velifera (Simon, 1906)

In synonymy:

Ajmonia patellaris Caporiacco, 1934 = Ajmonia velifera (Simon, 1906) (Lehtinen, 1967: 210)

Ajmonia tungabhadrai (Tikader, 1966, T from Dictyna) = Ajmonia marakata (Sherriffs, 1927) (Lehtinen, 1967: 230, sub Dictynomorpha)

Ajmonia yunnanensis (Schenkel, 1963, T from Dictyna) = Ajmonia velifera (Simon, 1906) (Lehtinen, 1967: 210)

Ajmonia aurita Song & Lu, 1985 | | Kazakhstan, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022046

Ajmonia auritus Song & Lu, 1985: 81, f. 6A-F (Dmf) Original description

Ajmonia auritus Song, 1987: 70, f. 35 (mf)

Ajmonia auritus Hu & Wu, 1989: 63, f. 45.1-4 (mf; misidentified per Marusik & Esyunin, 2010: 364)

Ajmonia auritus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 362, f. 212M-P (mf)

Ajmonia aurita Marusik & Esyunin, 2010: 362, f. 1A-I, 2F (mf)

Ajmonia bedeshai (Tikader, 1966) | | India (mainland, Andaman Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022360

Dictyna bedeshai Tikader, 1966d: 50, f. 4a-b (Df) Original description

Dictynomorpha bedeshai Lehtinen, 1967: 230 (T from Dictyna)

Ajmonia bedeshai Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 130 (T from Dictynomorpha)

Ajmonia capucina (Schenkel, 1936) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022047

Dictyna capucina Schenkel, 1936b: 22, f. 5 (Dmf) Original description

Ajmonia capucina Song & Lu, 1985: 80, f. 5A-D (mf, T from Dictyna)

Ajmonia capucina Song, 1987: 72, f. 36 (mf)

Ajmonia capuzina Feng, 1990: 38, f. 13.1-5 (m, lapsus)

Ajmonia capucina Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 362, f. 212Q, 213A, D-E (mf)

Ajmonia capucina Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 279, f. 174A-D (mf)

Ajmonia capucina Marusik, Ovtchinnikov & Koponen, 2006: 355, f. 8 (m)

Ajmonia capucina Marusik & Esyunin, 2010: 364, f. 3D-F (m)

Ajmonia capucina Zhang & Wang, 2017: 247, 10 f. (mf)

Ajmonia changtunesis (Hu, 2001) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037801

Lathys changtunesis Hu, 2001: 109, f. 28.1-3 (Dm; spelled changtunnsis in Chinese text, correct in English abstract) Original description

Ajmonia changtunesis Zhang, Hu & Zhang, 2012: 1 (T from Lathys)

Ajmonia gratiosa (Simon, 1881) | | Portugal, Spain, North Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022048

Dictyna gratiosa Simon, 1881c: 135 (Df) Original description

Dictyna gratiosa Simon, 1885i: 31 (Dm)

Ajmonia gratiosa Lehtinen, 1967: 210 (T from Dictyna)

Nigma gratiosa Wunderlich, 2011: 316, f. 20 (m, T from Ajmonia)

Nigma gratiosa Breitling, 2018: 9, f. 2D (m)

Nigma gratiosa Crespo et al., 2018: 90, f. 5a-d (mf)

Nigma gratiosa Breitling, 2020: 341, f. 7B (m)

Ajmonia gratiosa Wunderlich, 2022: 36, f. 72-73 (m, T from Nigma)

Ajmonia lehtineni Marusik & Koponen, 1998 | | Mongolia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022049

Ajmonia lehtineni Marusik & Koponen, 1998: 79, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Ajmonia lehtineni Marusik & Esyunin, 2010: 364, f. 2A-E, G-H (mf)

Ajmonia marakata (Sherriffs, 1927) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022361

Dictyna marakata Sherriffs, 1927: 536, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Dictyna tungabhadrai Tikader, 1966d: 50, f. 5a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061249]

Dictynomorpha marakata Lehtinen, 1967: 230 (T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna tungabhadrai)

Ajmonia marakata Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 130 (T from Dictynomorpha)

Ajmonia numidica (Denis, 1937) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022050

Dictyna numidica Denis, 1937b: 1032, pl. 1, f. 1d-e (Dm) Original description

Heterodictyna numicida Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 47 (T from Dictyna)

Ajmonia numidica Lehtinen, 1967: 210, f. 312, 316 (m, T from Heterodictyna = Nigma, Nigma in legend)

Ajmonia patellaris (Simon, 1911) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022051

Dictyna patellaris Simon, 1911b: 281, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Heterodictyna patellaris Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 47 (T from Dictyna)

Ajmonia patellaris Lehtinen, 1967: 210 (T from Heterodictyna = Nigma)

Ajmonia procera (Kulczyński, 1901) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022052

Dictyna procera Kulczyński, 1901b: 322 (Df) Original description

Ajmonia procera Lehtinen, 1967: 210 (T from Dictyna)

Ajmonia psittacea (Schenkel, 1936) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022053

Dictyna psittacea Schenkel, 1936b: 20, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Ajmonia psittacea Lehtinen, 1967: 210 (T from Dictyna)

Ajmonia psittacea Marusik & Esyunin, 2010: 364, f. 3A-C (m)

Ajmonia rajaeii Zamani & Marusik, 2017 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049739

Ajmonia rajaeii Zamani & Marusik, 2017: 321, f. 2a-c, 3a-h (Dmf) Original description

Ajmonia smaragdula (Simon, 1905) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022362

Dictyna smaragdula Simon, 1905a: 166, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Dictynomorpha smaragdula Lehtinen, 1967: 230 (T from Dictyna)

Ajmonia smaragdula Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 130, f. 14-15 (m, T from Dictynomorpha)

Ajmonia velifera (Simon, 1906) | | India to China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022054 TYPE SPECIES

Dictyna velifera Simon, 1906b: 304 (Dmf) Original description

Ajmonia patellaris Caporiacco, 1934a: 125, pl. 1, f. 7 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058979]

Dictyna yunnanensis Schenkel, 1963: 24, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058980]

Ajmonia velifera Lehtinen, 1967: 210, f. 332 (m, T from Dictyna, S of Ajmonia patellaris and Dictyna yunnanensis)