Family: Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0042] Back

Gen. Argyroneta Latreille, 1804 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03376 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Agelenidae to the Cybaeidae (sub Agelenidae: Cybaeinae) by Grothendieck & Kraus, 1994: 272 and to the Dictynidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 607, revalidation of Argyronetidae Thorell, 1870 (Ono, 2009a: 169, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; considering the low bootstrap values of dichotomies in the families Agelenidae, Cybaidae, Hahniidae, Toxopidae and Dictynidae (see Wheeler et al., 2017) the proposed position of Argyroneta is far from certain (e.g. Ono & Ogata, 2018: 618); we reflect the transfer here and state that Argyronetidae Thorell, 1870 would have priority under ICZN over Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 or Cybaeidae Banks, 1892; we suggest to wait for a stable family placement and naming before a nomenclatorial action at the family name level is done.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2022-12-02
Described in
Latreille, 1804b: 134 (type Araneus aquaticus Clerck, 1757; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
1accepted
1synonym
1nomen dubium
Reference

Latreille, P. A. (1804b). Tableau methodique des Insectes. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 24: 129-295. download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2017-11-13 Genus transferred to other family Wheeler et al., 2017 Argyroneta Latreille, 1804 transferred to Dictynidae