World Spider Catalog

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.

In synonymy:

Coenothele Simon, 1909 = Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 736)

Dictynina Banks, 1904 = Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Gertsch, 1946a: 5)

Dictynoides Chamberlin, 1919 = Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Gertsch & Davis, 1942: 17, by transfer of the type species)

Heterodictyna Dahl, 1904 = Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Dahl, 1906b: 63, sub Dictynina, but chose Heterodictyna as valid)

Gen. Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01982

type Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Dictynoides Chamberlin, 1919a: 244 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06176] (type D. arizonensis Chamberlin, 1919 = Mallos dugesi (Becker, 1886)) by Gertsch & Davis, 1942: 17 (by transfer of the type species); considered a senior synonym of Dictynina Banks, 1904b: 342 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05516] (type D. pallida Banks, 1904) by Gertsch, 1946a: 5 and of Coenothele Simon, 1909a: 736 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05517] (type C. gregalis Simon, 1909) by Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 37; the genus Heterodictyna Dahl, 1904: 118 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06342] (type Dictynina pallida Banks, 1904, fixed indirectly by Dahl, 1906b: 63) was considered a senior synonym of Dictynina by Dahl, 1906b: 63, but Dictynina was accepted as valid by laters authors; for Heterodictyna in the sense of Dahl, 1924: 154 see Nigma Lehtinen, 1967.

Transferred to other genera:

Mallos avarus (Banks, 1898) -- see Mexitlia

Mallos difficilis Kraus, 1960 -- see Anaxibia

Mallos ghigii (Caporiacco, 1938) -- see Mexitlia

Mallos grandis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) -- see Mexitlia

Mallos linsdalei (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) -- see Califorenigma

Mallos trivittatus (Banks, 1901) -- see Mexitlia

Mallos zionis Chamberlin, 1948 -- see Mexitlia

In synonymy:

Mallos alpheus Chamberlin, 1948 = Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 41)

Mallos apanus Gertsch, 1946 = Mallos hesperius (Chamberlin, 1916) (Roewer, 1955c: 1331)

Mallos arizonensis (Chamberlin, 1919) = Mallos dugesi (Becker, 1886) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 38)

Mallos eutypus (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929) = Mallos pallidus (Banks, 1904) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 42)

Mallos halli Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 = Mallos pallidus (Banks, 1904) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 42)

Mallos novempunctatus (Simon, 1892, T from Dictyna) = Mallos flavovittatus (Keyserling, 1881) (Lehtinen, 1967: 246)

Mallos uricus (Chamberlin, 1948, T from Emblyna) = Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 41)

Mallos blandus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022481

Mallos blandus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 40, pl. 10, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Mallos blandus Bond & Opell, 1997: 421, f. 12, 58-63 (f, Dm)

Mallos bryanti Gertsch, 1946 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022482

Mallos bryanti Gertsch, 1946a: 6, f. 2-3 (Dmf; N.B.: patronym for Owen Bryant) Original description

Mallos bryanti Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 40, pl. 8, f. 10-11 (mf)

Mallos bryanti Bond & Opell, 1997: 414, f. 2, 17, 41-46 (mf)

Mallos chamberlini Bond & Opell, 1997 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022483

Mallos chamberlini Bond & Opell, 1997: 424, f. 67-68 (Df) Original description

Mallos dugesi (Becker, 1886) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022484

Dictyna dugesi Becker, 1886: 23 (Df) Original description

Dictynoides arizonensis Chamberlin, 1919a: 244, pl. 16, f. 1 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062027]

Mallos arizonensis Gertsch & Davis, 1942: 17

Mallos dugesi Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 38, pl. 8, 1-4, 9 (mf, S of Mallos arizonensis)

Mallos dugesi Bond & Opell, 1997: 416, f. 1, 8, 14, 18, 47-53 (mf)

Mallos dugesi Crews et al., 2020: 912, f. 20B, D, S13E-F, H, J (mf)

Mallos flavovittatus (Keyserling, 1881) | | Venezuela, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022485

Dictyna flavovittata Keyserling, 1881b: 571, pl. 16, f. 18 (Df) Original description

Dictyna novempunctata Simon, 1893b: 433 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054596]

Mallos flavovittatus Lehtinen, 1967: 246 (T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna novempunctata)

Mallos gertschi Bond & Opell, 1997 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022486

Mallos gertschi Bond & Opell, 1997: 426, f. 16, 20, 69-74 (Dmf) Original description

Mallos gregalis (Simon, 1909) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022487

Coenothele gregalis Simon, 1909a: 736 (Dmf) Original description

Coenothele gregalis Berland, 1913c: 27, f. 27-30 (mf)

Mallos gregalis Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 38, pl. 9, f. 9, 14-15 (mf)

Mallos gregalis Bond & Opell, 1997: 413, f. 35-40 (mf)

Mallos hesperius (Chamberlin, 1916) | | Mexico, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022488

Dictyna hesperia Chamberlin, 1916: 212, pl. 8, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Mallos apanus Gertsch, 1946a: 8, f. 5-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062028]

Mallos hesperius Gertsch in Roewer, 1955c: 1331 (S of Mallos apanus)

Mallos hesperius Bond & Opell, 1997: 411, f. 30-34 (mf)

Mallos kraussi Gertsch, 1946 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022489

Mallos kraussi Gertsch, 1946a: 6, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Mallos kraussi Bond & Opell, 1997: 419, f. 54-57 (f, Dm)

Mallos macrolirus Bond & Opell, 1997 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022490

Mallos macrolirus Bond & Opell, 1997: 423, f. 64-66 (Df) Original description

Mallos margaretae Gertsch, 1946 | | Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022491

Mallos margaretae Gertsch, 1946a: 8, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Mallos margaretae Bond & Opell, 1997: 410, f. 27-29 (f)

Mallos mians (Chamberlin, 1919) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022492

Dictyna mians Chamberlin, 1919b: 4, pl. 3, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Mallos mians Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 44, pl. 9, f. 10-12 (f, Dm)

Mallos mians Bond & Opell, 1997: 432, f. 85-90 (mf)

Mallos nigrescens (Caporiacco, 1955) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022493

Dictynina nigrescens Caporiacco, 1955: 289, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Mallos nigrescens Brignoli, 1983c: 515

Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 | | Canada, USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022494 TYPE SPECIES

Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902: 308, pl. 35, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Dictyna nivea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 358, pl. 33, f. 20-21 (m, Df)

Mallos alpheus Chamberlin, 1948: 14, pl. 3, f. 31-32 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054593]

Emblyna urica Chamberlin, 1948: 13, pl. 6, f. 63 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054597]

Mallos niveus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 41, pl. 8, f. 5-8 (mf, S of Emblyna urica and Mallos alpheus)

Mallos niveus Bond & Opell, 1997: 428, f. 9, 15, 75-80 (mf)

Mallos niveus Montana et al., 2025: 17, f. 9D, 10E-F, 25A-F (m)

Mallos pallidus (Banks, 1904) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022495

Dictynina pallida Banks, 1904b: 342, pl. 39, f. 22 (Df) Original description

Heterodictyna pallida Dahl, 1906b: 63

Dictyna eutypa Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929: 101, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054594]

Dictynina eutypa Gertsch, 1936a: 14 (Df)

Mallos eutypus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940: 327

Mallos halli Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941b: 4, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054595]

Mallos pallidus Gertsch, 1946a: 7, f. 8 (f, Dm)

Mallos eutypus Chamberlin, 1948: 14, pl. 3, f. 33 (mf)

Mallos pallidus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 42, pl. 9, f. 3-8, 13 (mf, S of Mallos eutypus and M. halli)

Mallos pallidus Bond & Opell, 1997: 430, f. 19, 81-84 (mf)

Mallos pearcei Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022496

Mallos pearcei Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 45, pl. 9, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Mallos pearcei Bond & Opell, 1997: 435, f. 91-95 (mf)