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. Saltonia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01994

type Saltonia imperialis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a; gender feminine; syn. of Saltonia incerta (Banks, 1898)

N.B.: transferred from the Agelenidae to the Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 263 and to the Argyronetidae by Montana et al., 2025: 43.

In synonymy:

Saltonia imperialis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Saltonia incerta (Banks, 1898) (Roth & Brown, 1975b: 53)

Saltonia incerta (Banks, 1898) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022541 TYPE SPECIES

Cybaeodes incerta Banks, 1898a: 185 (Df) Original description

Saltonia imperialis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 24, pl. 2, f. 24-25 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058400]

Saltonia incerta Roth & Brame, 1972: 33, f. 46 (Dm)

Saltonia incerta Roth & Brown, 1975b: 53, f. 1 (f, T from Cybaeodes, S of Saltonia imperialis)

Saltonia incerta Roth, 1982: 7-9, f. 46A-B (mf)

Saltonia incerta Roth, 1985: B1-7, f. 46A-B (mf)

Saltonia incerta Roth, 1994: 54, f. 46A-B (mf)

Saltonia incerta Crews et al., 2020: 914, f. 22A-L (mf)

Saltonia incerta Montana et al., 2025: 16, f. 8E, 42A-F (f)