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.

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)

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

type Diotima hirsutissima Simon, 1880; gender feminine; syn. of Devade indistincta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

N.B.: year of description corrected per Frétey, 2023: 124; transferred from the Amaurobiidae to the Desidae by Brignoli, 1983c: 495, to the Dictynidae by Marusik, 1989b: 49 and to the Argyronetidae by Montana et al., 2025: 43; 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.

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 spinosa (Denis, 1957, T from Strinatinella) = 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 | | Pakistan (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 TYPE SPECIES

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 Strinatinella 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 indistincta Kaya, Yağmur & Gündüz, 2026: 2, f. 1A-B, 2A-B, 3A-C, 4 (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 longa Wang, Yang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065188

Devade longa Wang et al., 2025c: 293, f. 2A-E, 3A-G (Dmf) Original description

Devade miniatura Zamani & Marusik, 2025 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064235

Devade miniatura Zamani & Marusik in Zamani et al., 2025b: 14, f. 10A-C (Df) Original description

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, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037107

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

Devade mongolica Wang et al., 2025c: 296, f. 4A-E, 5A-G (Dm, f)

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 pulla Wang, Yang, Marusik & Zhang, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065189

Devade pulla Wang et al., 2025c: 299, f. 1A-D, 6A-E, 7A-G (Dmf) 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 qiemuensis (Hu & Wu, 1989) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022635

Amaurobius qiemuensis Hu & Wu, 1989: 57, 413, f. 40.1-8 (Df) Original description

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

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

Devade qiemuensis Wang et al., 2025c: 302, f. 8A-E, 9A-G, 10A-G (Dm, f, removed from S of Devade tenella, rejecting Esyunin & Marusik, 2001: 130)

Devade tenella (Tystshenko, 1965) | | Cyprus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037104

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

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

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

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

Devade indistincta indistincta Esyunin, 1994: 39, f. 1a-d, 2a-f, 3a-c, 4a-d (mf; misidentified per Esyunin & Efimik, 2000: 680)

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

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

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

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

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

Devade tenella Esyunin & Marusik, 2001: 130 (S of Devade qiemuensis [revalidated by Wang et al., 2025c: 302], D. uiensis and D. uiensis turanica)

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

Devade tenella Wang et al., 2025c: 292 (most references are based on misidentifications)