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:

Coenothele Simon, 1909 = Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 736)

Dictynina Banks, 1904 = Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Gertsch, 1946a: 5)

Gen. Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01982

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Dictynina Banks, 1904b: 342 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05516] (type D. pallida Banks, 1904)by Gertsch, 1946a: 5 and of Coenothele Simon, 1909a: 736 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05517] (type C. gregalis Simon, 1909) by Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 37.

Transferred to other genera:

Mallos avarus (Banks, 1898) -- see Mexitlia

Mallos difficilis Kraus, 1960 -- see Anaxibia

Mallos ghigii (Caporiacco, 1938) -- see Mexitlia

Mallos grandis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) -- see Mexitlia

Mallos linsdalei (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) -- see Nigma

Mallos trivittatus (Banks, 1901) -- see Mexitlia

In synonymy:

Mallos alpheus Chamberlin, 1948 = Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 41)

Mallos eutypus (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929) = Mallos pallidus Banks, 1904 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 42)

Mallos halli Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 = Mallos pallidus Banks, 1904 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 42)

Mallos novempunctatus (Simon, 1892, T from Dictyna) = Mallos flavovittatus Keyserling, 1881 (Lehtinen, 1967: 246)

Mallos uricus (Chamberlin, 1948, T from Emblyna) = Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 41)

Mallos blandus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022481

Mallos blandus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 40, pl. 10, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Mallos blandus Bond & Opell, 1997: 421, f. 12, 58-63 (f, Dm)

Mallos bryanti Gertsch, 1946 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022482

Mallos bryanti Gertsch, 1946a: 6, f. 2-3 (Dmf; N.B.: patronym for Owen Bryant) Original description

Mallos bryanti Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 40, pl. 8, f. 10-11 (mf)

Mallos bryanti Bond & Opell, 1997: 414, f. 2, 17, 41-46 (mf)

Mallos chamberlini Bond & Opell, 1997 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022483

Mallos chamberlini Bond & Opell, 1997: 424, f. 67-68 (Df) Original description

Mallos dugesi (Becker, 1886) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022484

Dictyna dugesi Becker, 1886: 23 (Df) Original description

Dictynoides arizonensis Chamberlin, 1919a: 244, pl. 16, f. 1 (Dmf)

Mallos arizonensis Gertsch & Davis, 1942: 17

Mallos dugesi Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 38, pl. 8, 1-4, 9 (mf)

Mallos dugesi Bond & Opell, 1997: 416, f. 1, 8, 14, 18, 47-53 (mf)

Mallos dugesi Crews et al., 2020: 912, f. 20B,D, S13E-F,H,J (mf)

Mallos flavovittatus (Keyserling, 1881) | | Venezuela, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022485

Dictyna flavovittata Keyserling, 1881b: 571, pl. 16, f. 18 (Df) Original description

Dictyna novempunctata Simon, 1893b: 433 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054596]

Mallos flavovittatus Lehtinen, 1967: 246 (T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna novempunctata)

Mallos gertschi Bond & Opell, 1997 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022486

Mallos gertschi Bond & Opell, 1997: 426, f. 16, 20, 69-74 (Dmf) Original description

Mallos gregalis (Simon, 1909) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022487

Coenothele gregalis Simon, 1909a: 736 (Dmf) Original description

Coenothele gregalis Berland, 1913c: 27, f. 27-30 (mf)

Mallos gregalis Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 38, pl. 9, f. 9, 14-15 (mf)

Mallos gregalis Bond & Opell, 1997: 413, f. 35-40 (mf)

Mallos hesperius (Chamberlin, 1916) | | Mexico to Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022488

Dictyna hesperia Chamberlin, 1916: 212, pl. 8, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Mallos apanus Gertsch, 1946a: 8, f. 5-6 (Dmf)

Mallos hesperius Bond & Opell, 1997: 411, f. 30-34 (mf)

Mallos kraussi Gertsch, 1946 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022489

Mallos kraussi Gertsch, 1946a: 6, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Mallos kraussi Bond & Opell, 1997: 419, f. 54-57 (f, Dm)

Mallos macrolirus Bond & Opell, 1997 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022490

Mallos macrolirus Bond & Opell, 1997: 423, f. 64-66 (Df) Original description

Mallos margaretae Gertsch, 1946 | | Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022491

Mallos margaretae Gertsch, 1946a: 8, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Mallos margaretae Bond & Opell, 1997: 410, f. 27-29 (f)

Mallos mians (Chamberlin, 1919) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022492

Dictyna mians Chamberlin, 1919b: 4, pl. 3, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Mallos mians Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 44, pl. 9, f. 10-12 (f, Dm)

Mallos mians Bond & Opell, 1997: 432, f. 85-90 (mf)

Mallos nigrescens (Caporiacco, 1955) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022493

Dictynina nigrescens Caporiacco, 1955: 289, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Mallos nigrescens Brignoli, 1983c: 515

Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022494

Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902: 308, pl. 35, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Dictyna nivea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 358, pl. 33, f. 20-21 (m, Df)

Mallos alpheus Chamberlin, 1948: 14, pl. 3, f. 31-32 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054593]

Emblyna urica Chamberlin, 1948: 13, pl. 6, f. 63 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054597]

Mallos niveus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 41, pl. 8, f. 5-8 (mf, S of Emblyna urica and Mallos alpheus)

Mallos niveus Bond & Opell, 1997: 428, f. 9, 15, 75-80 (mf)

Mallos pallidus (Banks, 1904) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022495

Heterodictyna pallida Dahl, 1904: 118

Dictynina pallida Banks, 1904b: 342, pl. 39, f. 22 (Df) Original description

Dictyna eutypa Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929: 101, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054594]

Dictynina eutypa Gertsch, 1936a: 14 (Df)

Mallos eutypus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940: 327

Mallos halli Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941b: 4, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054595]

Mallos pallidus Gertsch, 1946a: 7, f. 8 (f, Dm)

Mallos eutypus Chamberlin, 1948: 14, pl. 3, f. 33 (mf)

Mallos pallidus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 42, pl. 9, f. 3-8, 13 (mf, S of Mallos eutypus and M. halli)

Mallos pallidus Bond & Opell, 1997: 430, f. 19, 81-84 (mf)

Mallos pearcei Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022496

Mallos pearcei Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 45, pl. 9, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Mallos pearcei Bond & Opell, 1997: 435, f. 91-95 (mf)