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.

Gen. Chaerea Simon, 1885 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01970

type Chaerea maritimus Simon, 1885; gender masculine

N.B.: year of description corrected per Frétey, 2023: 124; transferred from the Dictynidae to the Argyronetidae by Montana et al., 2025: 43.

In synonymy:

Chaerea emilieae (Lissner, 2016, T from Altella) = Chaerea maritimus Simon, 1885 (Bosmans, Oger & Ponel, 2016: 159)

Chaerea maritimus Simon, 1885 | | Algeria, Spain, France, Italy, Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022110 TYPE SPECIES

Chaerea maritimus Simon, 1885f: 324 (Dmf) Original description

Chaerea maritimus Bosmans, Oger & Ponel, 2016: 159, f. 2-12 (mf, S of Altella emilieae)

Altella emilieae Lissner in Lissner & Chatzaki, 2016b: 39, f. 2, 3A-D, 4A-C, 5A-B, 6A-C (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048377]

Chaerea maritimus Frétey, 2023: 124 (year of description corrected)