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. Arangina Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01960
type Dictyna cornigera Dalmas, 1917; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Arangina nigella (Dalmas, 1917, T from Dictyna) = Arangina cornigera (Dalmas, 1917) (Forster, 1970b: 130)

Arangina cornigera (Dalmas, 1917) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022070 TYPE SPECIES
Dictyna cornigera Dalmas, 1917a: 336, f. 9-12 (Dmf) Original description
Dictyna nigella Dalmas, 1917a: 338, f. 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064847]
Dictyna cornigera Marples, 1959b: 356, f. III.7, 11 (mf)
Arangina cornigera Lehtinen, 1967: 215, f. 328 (m, T from Dictyna)
Arangina cornigera Forster, 1970b: 130, f. 22, 357, 362-370 (mf, S of Dictyna nigella [removed from S of Dictyna decolor Urquhart = Dictyna urquharti, rejecting Chamberlain, 1946: 92])
Arangina cornigera Montana et al., 2025: 51, f. 43A-F, 44A-F (mf)
Arangina pluva Forster, 1970 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022071
Arangina pluva Forster, 1970b: 132, f. 358-361 (Dmf) Original description
Arangina pluva Millidge, 1993c: 154, f. 53 (f)

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