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:

Diotima Simon, 1880 = Devade Simon, 1885 (Simon, 1885f: 323, preoccupied, replacement name)

Momius Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969 = Devade Simon, 1885 (Marusik, 1989b: 49)

Pseudauximus Denis, 1955 = Devade Simon, 1885 (Lehtinen, 1967: 228)

Strinatinella Denis, 1957 = Devade Simon, 1885 (Lehtinen, 1967: 228)

Homonym replaced:

Diotima Simon, 1880 -- see Devade Simon, 1885 - in Simon, 1885f

Gen. Devade Simon, 1885 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01973

N.B.: year of description corrected per Frétey, 2023: 124; replacement name for Diotima Simon, 1880e: 55 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05512], preoccupied in Aves by Reichenbach, 1854; considered a senior synonym of Pseudauximus Denis, 1955a: 452 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05514] (type P. libanicus Denis, 1955) (generic name preoccupied in Amaurobiidae by Simon, 1902c: 243) and Strinatinella Denis, 1957a: 448 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05515] (type S. spinosa Denis, 1957 = Devade indistincta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) by Lehtinen, 1967: 228, and of Momius Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969: 380 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05513] (type M. hispidus Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969; transferred from the Amaurobiidae to the Desidae by Brignoli, 1983c: 495 and to the Dictynidae by Marusik, 1989b: 49) by Marusik, 1989b: 49.

In synonymy:

Devade hirsutissima (Simon, 1880) = Devade indistincta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 (Lehtinen, 1967: 228)

Devade hispida (Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969) = Devade tenella Tystshenko, 1965 (Ovtsharenko & Fet, 1980: 445, sub Momius)

Devade indistincta tatyanae Esyunin, 1994 = Devade tenella Tystshenko, 1965 (Esyunin & Efimik, 2000: 680)

Devade libyca (Denis, 1947, T from Altella) = Devade indistincta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 (Lehtinen, 1967: 228)

Devade qiemuensis (Hu & Wu, 1989) = Devade tenella Tystshenko, 1965 (Esyunin & Marusik, 2001: 130)

Devade spinosa (Denis, 1957) = Devade indistincta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 (Lehtinen, 1967: 228)

Devade uiensis Esyunin, 1994 = Devade tenella Tystshenko, 1965 (Esyunin & Marusik, 2001: 130)

Devade uiensis turanica Esyunin & Efimik, 2000 = Devade tenella Tystshenko, 1965 (Esyunin & Marusik, 2001: 130)

Devade dubia Caporiacco, 1934 | | Karakorum urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022237

Devade dubia Caporiacco, 1934a: 123 (Df) Original description

Devade dubia Lehtinen, 1967: 228 (status is obscure, most probably does not belong to Devade)

Devade indistincta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | | Mediterranean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022238

Amaurobius indistinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 264 (Df) Original description

Diotima hirsutissima Simon, 1880e: 55 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054588]

Devade hirsutissima Simon, 1885f: 323

Altella libyca Denis, 1947a: 29, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054589]

Strinatinella spinosa Denis, 1957a: 448, f. 2-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022242]

Devade hirsutissima Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 17, pl. 1, f. 11-12 (m)

Devade indistincta Lehtinen, 1967: 228, f. 276 (f, T from Amaurobius, S of Altella libyca, Devade hirsutissima and D. spinosa)

Devade indistincta Esyunin & Efimik, 2000: 680, f. 1.7-8, 2.10, 3.5 (mf)

Devade indistincta Barrientos et al., 2016: 95, f. 11-13 (m)

Devade indistincta Zamani & Marusik, 2017: 322, f. 4g (m)

Devade kazakhstanica Esyunin & Efimik, 2000 | | Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037105

Devade kazakhstanica Esyunin & Efimik, 2000: 680, f. 1.3-4, 2.8 (Df) Original description

Devade lehtineni Esyunin & Efimik, 2000 | | Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037106

Devade lehtineni Esyunin & Efimik, 2000: 680, f. 1.5-6, 2.9 (Df) Original description

Devade libanica (Denis, 1955) | | Lebanon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022240

Pseudauximus libanicus Denis, 1955a: 452, f. VI (Df) Original description

Devade libanica Lehtinen, 1967: 228

Devade miranda Ponomarev, 2007 | | Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041386

Devade miranda Ponomarev, 2007b: 94, f. 34-36 (Dm) Original description

Devade mongolica Esyunin & Marusik, 2001 | | Mongolia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037107

Devade mongolica Esyunin & Marusik, 2001: 129, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Devade naderii Zamani & Marusik, 2017 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049740

Devade naderii Zamani & Marusik, 2017: 322, f. 4a-f (Dm) Original description

Devade pusilla Simon, 1911 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022241

Devade pusilla Simon, 1911b: 279 (Dm) Original description

Devade pusilla Lehtinen, 1967: 450, f. 284 (m)

Devade tenella (Tystshenko, 1965) | | Cyprus, Ukraine to China, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037104

Altella tenella Tystshenko, 1965: 696, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Devade indistincta tatyanae Esyunin, 1994: 43, f. 1e-g, 3d-e (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022239]

Momius hispidus Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969: 380, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054590]

Devade uiensis Esyunin, 1994: 45, f. 2g, 3f-g, 4e-h (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054591]

Momius hispidus Andreeva, 1976: 28, f. 27-30 (m)

Amaurobius qiemuensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 365, f. 216F-G (f)

Momius tenellus Ovtsharenko & Fet, 1980: 445 (T from Altella, S of Momius hispidus)

Devade tenella Esyunin & Efimik, 2000: 680, f. 2.3-6, 11-12, 3.1-2 (mf, removed from S of D. indistincta, contra Esyunin, 1994: 41, S of Devade indistincta tatyanae)

Amaurobius qiemuensis Hu & Wu, 1989: 57, f. 40.1-8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022635]

Devade uiensis Esyunin & Efimik, 2000: 684, f. 1.1-2, 2.7, 3.3-4 (f, Dm)

Devade indistincta Esyunin, 1994: 39, f. 1a-d, 2a-f, 3a-c, 4a-d (mf, misidentified)

Devade uiensis turanica Esyunin & Efimik, 2000: 684, f. 2.1-2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054592]

Devade qiemuensis Esyunin & Efimik, 2000: 685 (T from Amaurobius)

Devade tenella Esyunin & Marusik, 2001: 130 (S of Devade qiemuensis, D. uiensis and D. uiensis turanica)

Devade tenella Crews et al., 2020: 913, f. 21A-K (mf)