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.

Nomina dubia

Hoplolathys Caporiacco, 1947c: 101, type H. aethiopica Caporiacco, 1947 -- Montana et al., 2025: 81

Gen. Hoplolathys Caporiacco, 1947 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01979
type Hoplolathys aethiopica Caporiacco, 1947; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred to the Zodariidae and considered a possible synonym of Trygetus Simon, 1882 by Lehtinen, 1967: 239, transfer rejected by Jocqué, 1991a: 9.

Nomen dubium:

Hoplolathys aethiopica Caporiacco, 1947c: 102 (j,  Ethiopia) -- Montana et al., 2025: 81

Hoplolathys aethiopica Caporiacco, 1947 | j | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022443 TYPE SPECIES
Hoplolathys aethiopica Caporiacco, 1947c: 102 (Dj) Original description
Hoplolathys aethiopica Sherwood, 2024b: 207 (immature, species inquirenda)
Hoplolathys aethiopica Montana et al., 2025: 81 (juvenile, type lost, nomen dubium)

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