World Spider Catalog

Argyronetidae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the family is separated from the Dictynidae and re-definded by Montana et al., 2025: 9 to 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.

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)

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

type Lethia spinigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881; gender feminine; syn. of Altella lucida (Simon, 1874)

N.B.: year of description corrected per Frétey, 2023: 124; transferred from the Dictynidae to the Argyronetidae by Montana et al., 2025: 43; 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 spinigera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881) = Altella lucida (Simon, 1874) (Simon, 1914: 62)

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 | | France, Germany, 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 hungarica Kielhorn & Blick, 2024: 6, f. 1a-c (m)

Altella hungarica Iorio et al., 2024: 10, f. 1A-G (mf)

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

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

Lethia spinigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881a: 468 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065380]

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 (S of Altella spinigera)

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)