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. Archaeodictyna Caporiacco, 1928 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01961

type Dictyna anguiniceps Simon, 1899; gender feminine

N.B.: the synonymy of this genus with Dictyna Sundevall, 1833 by Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 6 has not been accepted by subsequent authors (except Wunderlich, 2004j: 1428).

Transferred to other genera:

Archaeodictyna cyrenaica (Caporiacco, 1933) -- see Dictyna

In synonymy:

Archaeodictyna abyssinica (Strand, 1906, T from Dictyna) = Archaeodictyna condocta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Lehtinen, 1967: 215)

Archaeodictyna annulata (Kulczyński, 1895, T from Dictyna) = Archaeodictyna consecuta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Staręga, 1972: 55)

Archaeodictyna boiorum (Simon, 1881, T from Dictyna) = Archaeodictyna ammophila (Menge, 1871) (Lehtinen, 1967: 215)

Archaeodictyna montana (Tullgren, 1910, T from Dictyna) = Archaeodictyna condocta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Lehtinen, 1967: 215)

Archaeodictyna olivacea (Simon, 1886, T from Dictyna) = Archaeodictyna condocta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Lehtinen, 1967: 215)

Archaeodictyna pygmaea (Thorell, 1875, T from Dictyna) = Archaeodictyna consecuta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Lehtinen, 1967: 215)

Archaeodictyna sedilloti (Simon, 1875, T from Dictyna) = Archaeodictyna consecuta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Lehtinen, 1967: 215)

Archaeodictyna sedilloti deserta (Simon, 1910, T from Dictyna) = Archaeodictyna condocta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Lehtinen, 1967: 215)

Archaeodictyna terricola (Holm, 1945, T from Dictyna) = Archaeodictyna consecuta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Lehtinen, 1967: 215)

Archaeodictyna aguasverdes (Wunderlich, 2022) | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053733

Dictyna aguasverdes Wunderlich, 2022: 17, f. 15-21 (Dmf) Original description

Archaeodictyna aguasverdes Montana et al., 2025: 81 (T from Dictyna)

Archaeodictyna ammophila (Menge, 1871) | | Europe to Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022072

Dictyna ammophila Menge, 1871: 265, pl. 50, f. 157 (Dmf) Original description

Dictyna boiorum Simon, 1881f: 82 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054626]

Dictyna ammophila Simon, 1914: 53, 66, f. 106 (mf)

Dictyna boiorum Simon, 1914: 54, 65, f. 106, 125 (mf)

Dictyna amophila Drensky, 1940: 180, f. 13 (mf, lapsus)

Dictyna ammophila Wiehle, 1953: 86, f. 184-186 (mf)

Archaeodictyna ammophila Lehtinen, 1967: 215 (T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna boiorum)

Dictyna ammophila Loksa, 1969: 47, f. 31D-E (f)

Dictyna ammophila Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 374, f. 977 (mf)

Dictyna ammophila Roberts, 1995: 86, f. (mf)

Dictyna ammophila Roberts, 1998: 88, f. (mf)

Archaeodictyna ammophila Trotta, 2005: 164, f. 255-256 (mf)

Archaeodictyna ammophila Almquist, 2007: 300, f. 263a-g (mf)

Archaeodictyna anguiniceps (Simon, 1899) | | Tunisia, Libya, Egypt urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022073 TYPE SPECIES

Dictyna anguiniceps Simon, 1899e: 244, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description

Dictyna anguiniceps Simon, 1903a: 974, f. 1112

Archaeodictyna anguiniceps Caporiacco, 1928b: 79

Archaeodictyna anguiniceps Lehtinen, 1967: 215, f. 295 (f, S of Dictyna cyrenaica, revalidated by Mertens & Jocqué, 1982: 251)

Archaeodictyna anguiniceps Mertens & Jocqué, 1982: 251, f. 2-8 (mf)

Archaeodictyna anguiniceps Montana et al., 2025: 53, f. 45A-F, 46A-D (mf)

Archaeodictyna bispinosa (Simon, 1906) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022258

Dictyna bispinosa Simon, 1906b: 304 (Dm) Original description

Dictyna bispinosa Lehtinen, 1967: 215, f. 330 (m, possibly Archaeodictyna)

Archaeodictyna bispinosa Montana et al., 2025: 81 (T from Dictyna)

Archaeodictyna condocta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) | | North, East Africa, Kazakhstan. Introduced to South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022074

Dictyna condocta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 556, pl. 58, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Dictyna olivacea Simon, 1885i: 32 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054629]

Dictyna abyssinica Strand, 1906b: 667 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054624]

Dictyna abyssinica Strand, 1908l: 15, pl. 2, f. 14-15, 67, pl. 2, f. 7a (f)

Dictyna montana Tullgren, 1910: 94, pl. 1, f. 4a-c (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054628]

Dictyna sedilloti deserta Simon, 1911b: 284 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054632]

Dictyna montana Caporiacco, 1949a: 324

Dictyna montana Denis, 1950c: 500, f. 10-11 (f)

Archaeodictyna condocta Lehtinen, 1967: 215, f. 325, 333 (mf, T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna abyssinica, D. montana, D. pygmaea and D. sedilloti deserta)

Archaeodictyna condocta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020n: 5, 7 f. (mf)

Archaeodictyna condocta Abdel-Ghani, 2025: 276, f. 1a-b, 2a-c, 3a-b, 4a-b (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | | Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Central Asia, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022075

Dictyna consecuta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 261 (Dm) Original description

Dictyna pygmaea Thorell, 1875b: 72 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054630]

Dictyna pygmaea Thorell, 1875c: 73 (Dm)

Dictyna sedilloti Simon, 1875d: 150 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054631]

Dictyna annulata Kulczyński, 1895a: 32, pl. 1, f. 20-21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054625]

Dictyna latens Bösenberg, 1902: 240, pl. 22, f. 343 (mf; misidentified per Simon, 1914: 65)

Dictyna sedilloti Simon, 1914: 55, 56, 65, f. 113, 117 (mf)

Dictyna consecuta Caporiacco, 1934a: 124, pl. 2, f. 1 (m, Df)

Dictyna terricola Holm, 1945b: 76, f. 25c-d, 26 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054633]

Dictyna sedilloti Miller & Valešová, 1964: 182, pl. I, f. 4-9 (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Lehtinen, 1967: 215, f. 299, 307, 317 (mf, T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna pygmaea, D. sedilloti and D. terricola)

Dictyna pygmaea Azheganova, 1968: 47, f. 76-77, 82b (mf)

Dictyna annulata Loksa, 1969: 43, f. 26I-J, 28C-E, 32C (mf)

Dictyna consecuta Miller, 1971: 70, pl. LXI, f. 1-2 (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Staręga, 1972: 55 (S of Dictyna annulata)

Dictyna terricola Palmgren, 1977a: 21, f. 2.24-26 (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Miller & Svatoň, 1978: 7, pl. III, f.1-4 (mf)

Dictyna arundinacea Hu, 1984: 58, f. 53.1-3 (mf; misidentified per Hu, 2001: 97)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Song, Wang & Yang, 1985: 23, f. 1-3 (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Song, 1987: 72, f. 37 (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Hu & Wu, 1989: 65, f. 46.1-3 (mf)

Dictyna consecuta Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 374, f. 978 (mf)

Archaendictyna consecuta Zhao, 1993: 139, f. 66a-c (mf, f. as Archaedictyna, lapsus)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Danilov, 1994: 201, f. 3-5 (f)

Archaendictyna consecuta Zhao, 1995: 855, f. 402a-c (mf, f. as Archaedictyna, lapsus)

Dictyna pygmaea Mcheidze, 1997: 56, f. 47-49 (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 363, f. 213B-C, F (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Hu, 2001: 97, f. 17.1-3 (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 280, f. 175A-C (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Trotta, 2005: 164, f. 257-258 (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Almquist, 2007: 301, f. 264a-e (mf)

Archaeodictyna consecuta Iorio, 2023: 26, f. 8-9 (m)

Archaeodictyna fuerteventurensis (Schmidt, 1976) | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022281

Dictyna fuerteventurensis Schmidt, 1976: 319, f. 2-3 (Dmf) Original description

Dictyna fuerteventurensis Wunderlich, 2022: 20, f. 28-29 (mf)

Archaeodictyna fuerteventurensis Montana et al., 2025: 81 (T from Dictyna)

Archaeodictyna lanzarotensis (Wunderlich, 2022) | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053736

Dictyna lanzarotensis Wunderlich, 2022: 21, f. 37-40 (Dm) Original description

Archaeodictyna lanzarotensis Montana et al., 2025: 81 (T from Dictyna)

Archaeodictyna longichela Zamani & Marusik, 2025 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064234

Archaeodictyna longichela Zamani & Marusik in Zamani et al., 2025b: 11, f. 8A-F, 9A-B (Dmf) Original description

Archaeodictyna minutissima (Miller, 1958) | | Italy, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia (Europe) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022076

Dictyna minutissima Miller, 1958c: 148, pl. I, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Archaeodictyna minutissima Lehtinen, 1967: 215 (T from Dictyna)

Dictyna minutissima Miller, 1971: 68, pl. IV, f. 12-13 (mf)

Archaeodictyna minutissima Miller & Svatoň, 1978: 5, pl. III, f.5-8 (mf)

Dictyna minutissima Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 374, f. 974 (mf)

Archaeodictyna minutissima Noflatscher, 1993: 281, f. 1-5 (mf)

Archaeodictyna minutissima Trotta, 2005: 164, f. 259-260 (mf)

Archaeodictyna minutissima Esyunin, 2017b: 267, f. 1 (m)

Archaeodictyna sexnotata (Simon, 1890) | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022077

Dictyna sexnotata Simon, 1890a: 86 (Dmf) Original description

Archaeodictyna sexnotata Lehtinen, 1967: 215 (T from Dictyna)

Archaeodictyna suedicola (Simon, 1890) | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022078

Dictyna suedicola Simon, 1890a: 86 (Dmf) Original description

Archaeodictyna suedicola Lehtinen, 1967: 215 (T from Dictyna)

Archaeodictyna tazzeiti (Denis, 1954) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022079

Dictyna tazzeiti Denis, 1954a: 323, f. 18-19 (Dm) Original description

Archaeodictyna tazzeiti Lehtinen, 1967: 215 (T from Dictyna)

Archaeodictyna ulova Griswold & Meikle-Griswold, 1987 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022080

Archaeodictyna ulova Griswold & Meikle-Griswold, 1987: 5, f. 5-13 (Dmf) Original description

Archaeodictyna ulova Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020n: 6, 3 f. (mf)