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. Dictynomorpha Spassky, 1939 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01975
type Dictynomorpha strandi Spassky, 1939; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Dictynomorpha bedeshai (Tikader, 1966) -- see Ajmonia

Dictynomorpha marakata (Sherriffs, 1927) -- see Ajmonia

Dictynomorpha smaragdula (Simon, 1905) -- see Ajmonia

Dictynomorpha daemonis Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015 | | Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047522
Dictynomorpha daemonis Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 131, f. 16-23 (Dm) Original description
Dictynomorpha strandi Spassky, 1939 | | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022363 TYPE SPECIES
Dictynomorpha strandi Spassky, 1939a: 138, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description
Dictynomorpha strandi Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 131, f. 1-13 (mf)
Dictynomorpha strandi Esyunin, 2017b: 270, f. 9, 12 (f)

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