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:

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

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

type Thallumetus salax Simon, 1893; gender masculine

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 TYPE SPECIES

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

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

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