World Spider Catalog

Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Blabomma and Yorima are transferred from the Dictynidae to the Cybaeidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; Argyroneta is 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 Dictynidae to Hahniidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 607; Cicurinidae new circumscribed (Bromella, Cicurina and Chorizomma) and elevated to family by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11; included genera of Dictynidae listed by Gorneau et al., 2023: 12; re-separation of Argyronetidae (Ono, 2009a: 169, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii, with the single genus Argyroneta) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; considering the low bootstrap values of dichotomies in the families Agelenidae, Cybaidae, Hahniidae, Toxopidae and Dictynidae (see Wheeler et al., 2017) the proposed positon of Argyroneta is far from certain (e.g. Ono & Ogata, 2018: 618); we reflect the transfer here and state that Argyronetidae Thorell, 1869: 45 has priority under ICZN; we suggest to wait for a stable family placement and naming before a nomenclatorial action at the family name level is done; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16.

In synonymy:

Dixomys Chamberlin, 1948 = Thallumetus Simon, 1893 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 35)

Gen. Thallumetus Simon, 1893 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01999

N.B.: genus and species already published as nomen nudum by Simon, 1892a: 241; considered a senior synoym of Dixomys Chamberlin, 1948: 8 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06157] (type Lathys pineus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) by Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 36.

In synonymy:

Thallumetus caelatus Simon, 1904 = Thallumetus acanthochirus Simon, 1904 (Lehtinen, 1967: 269)

Thallumetus petrunkevitchinus Gertsch, 1945 = Thallumetus pineus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 36)

Thallumetus acanthochirus Simon, 1904 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022549

Thallumetus acanthochirus Simon, 1904e: 85 (Dm) Original description

Thallumetus caelatus Simon, 1904e: 85 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061321]

Thallumetus acanthochirus Lehtinen, 1967: 269 (S of Thallumetus caelatus)

Thallumetus ascensionensis Sherwood, Marusik, Peñaherrera-R., Calderón-C. & Sharp, 2024 | | Ascension Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061323

Thallumetus ascensionensis Sherwood et al., 2024c: 1052, f. 1A-I, 2A-G, 3A-D, 4A-H (Dmf) Original description

Thallumetus dulcineus Gertsch, 1946 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022550

Thallumetus dulcineus Gertsch, 1946a: 10, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Thallumetus latifemur (Soares & Camargo, 1948) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022551

Dictyna latifemur Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 357, f. 4-5 (Dmf) Original description

Thallumetus latifemur Lehtinen, 1967: 269 (T from Dictyna)

Thallumetus octomaculellus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022552

Dictyna octomaculella Gertsch & Davis, 1937: 16, f. 19-20 (Df) Original description

Thallumetus octomaculatus Roewer, 1955c: 1334 (lapsus)

Thallumetus parvulus Bryant, 1942 | | Virgin Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022553

Thallumetus parvulus Bryant, 1942a: 336, f. 20, 22-23 (Dmf) Original description

Thallumetus pineus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022554

Lathys pineus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 125, f. 182 (Df) Original description

Thallumetus petrunkevitchinus Gertsch, 1945: 192, pl. 1, f. 1-3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061322]

Dixomys pinea Chamberlin, 1948: 8 (T from Lathys)

Thallumetus pineus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 36, pl. 7, f. 11-14 (mf, T from Dixomys, S of Thallumetus petrunkevitchinus)

Thallumetus pineus Roth, 1982: 15-2, f. 4-5 (mf)

Thallumetus pineus Roth, 1985: B11-3, f. 4-5 (mf)

Thallumetus pineus Roth, 1994: 91, f. 4-5 (mf)

Thallumetus pullus Chickering, 1952 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022555

Thallumetus pullus Chickering, 1952: 152, f. 2-5 (Dmf) Original description

Thallumetus pusillus Chickering, 1950 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022556

Thallumetus pusillus Chickering, 1950a: 93, f. 10-12 (Dmf) Original description

Thallumetus salax Simon, 1893 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022557

Thallumetus salax Simon, 1893b: 434, pl. 9, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Thallumetus simoni Gertsch, 1945 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022558

Thallumetus simoni Gertsch, 1945: 194, pl. 1, f. 4-6 (Dm) Original description