Family: Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0042] Detail
Gen. Brigittea Lehtinen, 1967 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04246] Detail
type Aranea latens Fabricius, 1775; gender feminine
N.B.: type Aranea latens Fabricius, 1775; removed from the synonymy of Dictyna by Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 135, contra Wunderlich, 1987a: 224 (after Merrett, Locket & Millidge, 1985: 381) and Wunderlich, 2022: 10 (without regarding the type species).
Transferred to other genera:
Brigittea agaetensis (Wunderlich, 1987) -- see Dictyna
Brigittea denisi (Lehtinen, 1967) -- see Dictyna
Brigittea guanchae (Schmidt, 1968) -- see Dictyna
Brigittea tullgreni Caporiacco, 1949 -- see Dictyna
Brigittea turbida Simon, 1905 -- see Dictyna
Brigittea umai Tikader, 1966 -- see Dictyna
In synonymy:
Brigittea aharonii (Strand, 1914, T from Dictyna) = Brigittea innocens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Lehtinen, 1967: 219).
Brigittea frutetorum (Simon, 1885) = Brigittea civica (Lucas, 1848) (Roewer, 1955c: 1311, sub Dictyna).
Brigittea globiceps (Simon, 1870) = Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) (Simon, 1914: 64, sub Dictyna).
Brigittea jacksoni (Bristowe, 1935, T from Dictyna) = Brigittea innocens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Lehtinen, 1967: 219).
Brigittea latens mutabilis (Spassky & Shnitnikov, 1937, T from Dictyna) = Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) (Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 136).
Brigittea lugubris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) = Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) (Simon, 1914: 64, sub Dictyna).
Brigittea mandibulosa (Canestrini & Pavesi, 1868, T from Dictyna) = Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) (Lehtinen, 1967: 219).
Brigittea puta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872, T from Dictyna) = Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) (Lehtinen, 1967: 219).
Brigittea scabra (Simon, 1874) = Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) (Simon, 1914: 64, sub Dictyna).
Brigittea varians (Spassky, 1952) = Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) (Esyunin, Ponomarev & Kabdrakhimov, 2024: 319).
Brigittea xinjiangensis Song, Wang & Yang, 1985 = Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) (Esyunin & Sozontov, 2016: 202, sub Brigittea varians).
Brigittea avicenna Zamani & Marusik, 2021 | m f | Iran     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053369]
Brigittea avicenna Zamani & Marusik, 2021d: 97, f. 1A-E, 2A-D, 3A-D (Dmf).
Brigittea civica (Lucas, 1848) | m f | Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Iran. Introduced to South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022267]
Theridion civicum Lucas, 1848: 124 (Dmf).
Theridion civicum Lucas, 1850a: 181, pl. 6, f. 5 (mf).
Eucharium civile Simon, 1864: 168 (lapsus).
Dictyna civica Simon, 1874a: 189 (T from Theridion).
Dictyna frutetorum Simon, 1885i: 32 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059059].
Dictyna civica Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 157, pl. 6, f. 28 (mf).
Dictyna civica Banks, 1893a: 124 (S of Dictyna philoteichos, rejected by Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 127, see Emblyna sublata) .
Dictyna civica Becker, 1896: 219, pl. 14, f. 5 (mf).
Dictyna civica frutetorum Simon, 1911b: 284 (reduced to subspecies).
Dictyna civica Simon, 1914: 55, 57, 64, f. 111, 119 (mf).
Dictyna civica Schenkel, 1927b: 234, f. 1 (f).
Dictyna civica Drensky, 1940: 183, f. 18 (mf).
Dictyna civica Wiehle, 1953: 94, f. 204-210 (mf).
Dictyna civica Roewer, 1955c: 1311 (S of Dictyna frutetorum).
Dictyna civica Billaudelle, 1957: 475, f. 10, 20-25 (mf).
Brigittea civica Lehtinen, 1967: 219 (T from Dictyna).
Dictyna civica Loksa, 1969: 43, f. 26G, 28A-B, 32D-E (mf).
Brigittea civica Miller & Svatoň, 1978: 9, pl. IV, f. 7-10, pl. V, f. 1 (mf).
Dictyna civica Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 376, f. 982 (mf).
Dictyna civica Roberts, 1995: 85, f. (mf).
Dictyna civica Melic, 1995a: 9, f. 1-4 (mf).
Dictyna civica Roberts, 1998: 87, f. (mf).
Dictyna civica Thaler, 2005: 163, f. 5-6, 8 (f).
Brigittea civica Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 136 (T from Dictyna).
Brigittea civica Zamani & Mozaffarian, 2017: 10, f. 2 (f).
Brigittea civica Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020n: 8, p. 7: 2 f., p. 8: 4 f. (f, m habitus).
Brigittea innocens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | m f | Eastern Mediterranean, Kazakhstan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022291]
Dictyna innocens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 262 (Df).
Dictyna innocens Kulczyński, 1911a: 13, pl. 1, f. 3 (f).
Dictyna aharonii Strand, 1914b: 174 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059052].
Dictyna jacksoni Bristowe, 1935: 778, f. 1-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059053].
Dictyna jacksoni Hadjissarantos, 1940: 49, f. 16-17 (f, Dm).
Brigittea innocens Lehtinen, 1967: 219, f. 309, 323 (mf, T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna aharonii and D. jacksoni).
Dictyna innocens IJland, van Helsdingen & Miller, 2012: 5, f. 4-5 (mf; misidentifed per Lecigne, 2021: 14, probably Brigittea varians).
Brigittea innocens Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 136 (T from Dictyna).
Brigittea innocens Lecigne, 2021a: 13, f. 4a-i, 5a-h, 6a-e (mf).
Brigittea latens (Fabricius, 1775) * | m f | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022296]
Aranea latens Fabricius, 1775: 432 (D).
Aranea latens Olivier, 1789: 233 (D).
Dictyna latens C. L. Koch, 1836a: 29, f. 186 (Df).
Theridion latens Walckenaer, 1841: 340 (Dm).
Ergatis latens Blackwall, 1841a: 608.
Argus latens Walckenaer, 1847a: 501.
Ergatis latens Blackwall, 1861a: 149, pl. 9, f. 95 (f).
Dictyna mandibulosa Canestrini & Pavesi, 1868: 861 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059054].
Dictyna globiceps Simon, 1870b: 300 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059056].
Dictyna puta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 261 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059055].
Dictyna globiceps Simon, 1873a: 169, pl. 1, f. 24-25 (m).
Dictyna lugubris O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873g: 535, pl. 14, f. 4 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059057].
Dictyna scabra Simon, 1874a: 195 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059058].
Dictyna globiceps Simon, 1892a: 231, f. 182-183 (m).
Dictyna latens Becker, 1896: 222, pl. 14, f. 7 (mf).
Dictyna ammophila Bösenberg, 1902: 242, pl. 22, f. 346 (mf; misidentified per Simon, 1914: 64).
Dictyna kosziorowiczi Bösenberg, 1902: 242, pl. 22, f. 347 (m; misidentified per Simon, 1914: 64).
Dictyna latens Simon, 1914: 52, 64, f. 104 (mf, S of Dictyna globiceps, D. lugubris and D. scabra).
Dictyna latens mutabilis Spassky & Shnitnikov, 1937: 268 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046914].
Dictyna latens Drensky, 1940: 180, f. 12 (mf).
Dictyna latens Miller, 1947: 32, pl. I, f. 8 (f).
Dictyna latens Locket & Millidge, 1951: 62, f. 25A, C (mf).
Dictyna varians Spassky, 1952: 202, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022350].
Dictyna latens Wiehle, 1953: 91, f. 198-203 (mf).
Dictyna latens Brændegaard, 1966: 52, f. 44-45 (mf).
Brigittea latens Lehtinen, 1967: 219, f. 297, 301, 308, 311 (mf, T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna kosiorowiczi, D. mandibulosa, D. puta and D. varians; D. kosiorowiczi revalidated by Barrientos & Ferrández, 1982: 84; D. varians revalidated by Brignoli, 1983c: 511 and re-synymized by Esyunin, Ponomarev & Kabdrakhimov, 2024: 319).
Dictyna latens Azheganova, 1968: 45, f. 72-73 (mf).
Dictyna latens Loksa, 1969: 43, f. 24H, 27D, 33A-B (mf).
Dictyna latens Tystshenko, 1971: 65, f. 97 (m).
Dictyna latens Miller, 1971: 68, pl. IV, f. 14 (m).
Brigittea latens Punda, 1975b: 23, f. 20, 24 (mf).
Dictyna latens Palmgren, 1977a: 21, f. 2.16-20 (mf).
Brigittea latens Miller & Svatoň, 1978: 9, pl. IV, f. 1-6 (mf).
Brigittea varians Brignoli, 1983c: 511 (removed from S of Brigittea latens, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 219).
Dictyna latens Roberts, 1985: 50, f. 14e (mf).
Dictyna xinjiangensis Song, Wang & Yang, 1985: 23, f. 4-7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022357].
Dictyna xinjiangensis Song, 1987: 78, f. 42 (mf).
Dictyna xinjiangensis Hu & Wu, 1989: 69, f. 51.1-4 (mf).
Dictyna latens Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 374, f. 973 (mf).
Dictyna xinjiangensis Zhao, 1993: 153, f. 72a-c (mf).
Dictyna latens Roberts, 1995: 85, f. (mf).
Dictyna xinjiangensis Zhao, 1995: 868, f. 408a-c (mf).
Dictyna latens Roberts, 1998: 87, f. (mf).
Dictyna xinjiangensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 364, f. 215A-B, J-K (mf).
Dictyna latens Almquist, 2006: 313, f. 273a-g (mf).
Brigittea latens Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 136, f. 31-36, 40-42 (m, T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna latens mutabilis).
Dictyna latens Davidson, 2015: 24, unnumbered f. (mf).
Brigittea varians Esyunin & Sozontov, 2016: 202, f. 15-16 (f, T from Dictyna, S of Dictyna xinjiangensis).
Brigittea latens Breitling, 2020: 341, f. 7A (m).
Brigittea latens Esyunin, Ponomarev & Kabdrakhimov, 2024: 319, f. 2-5 (f, S of Brigittea varians, contra Brignoli, 1983c: 511, confirming Lehtinen, 1967: 219).
Brigittea vicina (Simon, 1873) | m f | Mediterranean to Central Asia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022351]
Dictyna vicina Simon, 1873a: 148 (Dmf).
Dictyna innocens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 555 (m; misidentified per Lehtinen, 1967: 219).
Dictyna vicina Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 157, pl. 6, f. 27 (mf).
Dictyna vicina Simon, 1914: 55, 57, 64, f. 110, 118 (mf).
Dictyna vicina Drensky, 1940: 182, f. 17 (mf).
Brigittea vicina Lehtinen, 1967: 219 (T from Dictyna).
Dictyna vicina Loksa, 1969: 46, f. 26E, 29E-F, 33F-G (mf).
Dictyna vicina Miller, 1971: 70, pl. IV, f. 21 (m).
Brigittea vicina Miller & Svatoň, 1978: 9, pl. V, f. 2-6 (mf).
Brigittea vicina Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 136 (T from Dictyna).
Brigittea vicina Mezőfi & Markó, 2018: 2, f. 2a-b (f).
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