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.
Gen. Tivyna Chamberlin, 1948 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02000
type Dictyna floridana Banks, 1904; gender feminine; syn. of Tivyna pallida (Keyserling, 1887)
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Dictyna Sundevall, 1833 by Lehtinen, 1967: 271 (contra Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 48).

In synonymy:

Tivyna cubana (Bryant, 1940) = Tivyna spatula (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 51, sub Dictyna)

Tivyna floridana (Banks, 1892) = Tivyna pallida (Keyserling, 1887) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 52, sub Dictyna)

Tivyna moaba (Ivie, 1947) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022559
Dictyna moaba Ivie, 1947: 2 (Dmf) Original description
Dictyna moaba Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 53, pl. 11, f. 13, pl. 12, f. 1-4 (mf)
Tivyna moaba Lehtinen, 1967: 271 (T from Dictyna, implicitly)
Tivyna moaba Marusik, Ovtchinnikov & Koponen, 2006: 355, f. 7 (m)
Tivyna pallida (Keyserling, 1887) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022560 TYPE SPECIES
Dictyna pallida Keyserling, 1887b: 472, pl. 2, f. 33 (Df) Original description
Dictyna floridana Banks, 1904c: 125, pl. 7, f. 10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058564]
Tivyna floridana Chamberlin, 1948: 4, f. 42-43 (mf)
Tivyna pallidula Chamberlin, 1948: 26, f. 4, 46 (f)
Dictyna pallida Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 52, pl. 11, f. 9-12 (mf, S of Tivyna floridana)
Tivyna pallida Lehtinen, 1967: 271 (T from Dictyna)
Tivyna pallida Montana et al., 2025: 59, f. 51E-F, 52A-F (m)
Tivyna petrunkevitchi (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022561
Dictyna petrunkevitchi Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940: 330, f. 22-23 (Df) Original description
Dictyna petrunkevitchi Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 52, pl. 11, f. 7-8 (f)
Tivyna petrunkevitchi Lehtinen, 1967: 271 (T from Dictyna, implicitly)
Tivyna sonora (Gertsch & Davis, 1942) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022329
Dictyna sonora Gertsch & Davis, 1942: 12, f. 33-36 (Dmf) Original description
Tivyna sonora Montana et al., 2025: 82 (T from Dictyna)
Tivyna spatula (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) | | USA, Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Galapagos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022562
Dictyna spatula Gertsch & Davis, 1937: 14, f. 17-18 (Df) Original description
Dictyna cubana Bryant, 1940: 298, pl. 4, f. 58, pl. 5, f. 62-63 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058706]
Dictyna spathula Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 51, pl. 11, f. 1-6 (mf. S of Dictyna cubana)
Tivyna spathula Lehtinen, 1967: 271 (T from Dictyna)
Tivyna spatula Baert et al., 2023: 8, f. 24A-C (mf)
Tivyna spatula Montana et al., 2025: 34, f. 26A-F (m)

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