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. Helenactyna Benoit, 1977 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01978
type Amaurobius crucifer O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873; gender feminine
Helenactyna crucifer (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) | | St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022441 TYPE SPECIES
Amaurobius crucifer O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873e: 216, pl. 24, f. 6 (Df; for the ending of the specific epithet see ICZN Article 31.2.2) Original description
Auximus crucifer Simon, 1892a: 239
Auximus crucifer Lehtinen, 1967: 232, f. 342 (f)
Helenactyna crucifera Benoit, 1977a: 22, f. 6a-c (f, T from Auximus)
Helenactyna crucifera Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1226, f. 5A-E, 6A-D, 7A-C (Dmf)
Helenactyna vicina Benoit, 1977 | | St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022442
Helenactyna vicina Benoit, 1977a: 24, f. 7a-b (Df) Original description
Helenactyna vicina Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1228, f. 8A-C, 9A-F (f)

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