Arethyna secuta (Chamberlin, 1924)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022323

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Mexico

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  • Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f (IZ15594) - (Montana et al., 2025)
Taxonomic References
Dictyna secuta Chamberlin, 1924b: 583, f. 10 (Df) Original description
Dictyna bishopi Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940: 328, f. 30, 32 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065369]
Dictyna secuta Gertsch & Davis, 1942: 16, f. 37 (f)
Dictyna secuta Gertsch in Roewer, 1955c: 1317 (S of Dictyna bishopi)
Dictyna secuta Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 97, pl. 27, f. 1-6 (Dmf, S of Dictyna bishopi confirmed)
Arethyna secuta Montana et al., 2025: 83 (T from Dictyna)
References

Chamberlin, R. V. (1924b). The spider fauna of the shores and islands of the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 12: 561-694. -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, R. V. & Gertsch, W. J. (1958). The spider family Dictynidae in America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 116: 1-152. [[second pdf contains better scans of the plates]] -- Show included taxa

Gertsch, W. J. & Mulaik, S. (1940). The spiders of Texas. I. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77: 307-340. -- Show included taxa

Gertsch, W. J. & Davis, L. I. (1942). Report on a collection of spiders from Mexico. IV. American Museum Novitates 1158: 1-19. -- Show included taxa

Montana, K. O., Cala-Riquelme, F., Crews, S. C., Gorneau, J. A., Al-Jamal, A. M., Alequín, L. D., Spagna, J. C., Ballarin, F. & Esposito, L. A. (2025). Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2, zlaf007): 1-97. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007 [[2nd pdf contains the Suppl. Figs 1-5]] -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Montana et al., 2025
2025-07-07 Species transferred to new genus Montana et al., 2025 Species transferred from Dictyna to Arethyna

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