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. Hackmania Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01977

type Argenna prominula Tullgren, 1948; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Dictynidae to the Argyronetidae by Montana et al., 2025: 43.

In synonymy:

Hackmania lorna (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) = Hackmania prominula (Tullgren, 1948) (Aitchison-Benell & Dondale, 1990: 218, sub Argenna)

Hackmania prominula (Tullgren, 1948) | | North America, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022439 TYPE SPECIES

Argenna prominula Tullgren, 1948: 159, f. 2A-E (Df) Original description

Argenna prominula Hackman, 1950: 165, f. 1a-g (Dm, f)

Argenna lorna Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 12, pl. 1, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065129]

Hackmania prominula Lehtinen, 1967: 236, f. 273-274, 278 (mf, T from Argenna)

Hackmania lorna Lehtinen, 1967: 236 (T from Argenna)

Argenna prominula Palmgren, 1977a: 23, f. 5.5-8 (mf)

Argenna prominula Aitchison-Benell & Dondale, 1990: 218 (S of Hackmania lorna)

Argenna prominula Danilov, 2000: 38, f. 1-2 (m)

Hackmania prominula Almquist, 2007: 318, f. 279a-f (mf)

Hackmania prominula Crews et al., 2020: 910, f. 18A-C,G-H,J, S12F-O (mf)

Hackmania prominula Montana et al., 2025: 50, f. 41A-D (f)

Hackmania saphes (Chamberlin, 1948) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022440

Argenna saphes Chamberlin, 1948: 6, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Argenna saphes Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 13, pl. 1, f. 6-9 (Dm, f)

Hackmania saphes Lehtinen, 1967: 236 (T from Argenna)

Argenna saphes Roth, 1985: B11-3, f. 2 (m)

Argenna saphes Roth, 1994: 91, f. 2 (m)