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.

Gen. Marilynia Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01983

type Dictyna bicolor Simon, 1870; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Marilynia scalaris (Canestrini, 1873) = Marilynia bicolor (Simon, 1870) (Simon, 1880l: 115, sub Dictyna)

Marilynia bicolor (Simon, 1870) | | Europe to Central Asia, North Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022497 TYPE SPECIES

Dictyna bicolor Simon, 1870b: 298 (Df) Original description

Dictyna scalaris Canestrini, 1873: 48 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060043]

Dictyna scalaris Canestrini, 1876: 213, pl. 8, f. 1 (m)

Dictyna bicolor Simon, 1880l: 115 (S of Dictyna scalaris)

Dictyna bicolor Bösenberg, 1902: 244, pl. 22, f. 350 (mf)

Dictyna bicolor Simon, 1914: 52, 64, f. 102-103 (mf)

Dictyna bicolor Drensky, 1940: 182, f. 8, 11 (mf)

Dictyna bicolor Wiehle, 1953: 84, f. 179-183 (mf)

Marilynia bicolor Lehtinen, 1967: 246, f. 310 (m, T from Dictyna)

Dictyna bicolor Tystshenko, 1971: 64, f. 94 (f)

Marilynia bicolor Lecigne, 2011: 13, f. pp. 13-14 (f)

Marilynia bicolor Danisman et al., 2011b: 17, f. 2A-C (m)

Marilynia bicolor Breitling, 2018: 9, f. 2R (m)

Marilynia bicolor Zamani, Nadolny & Dolejš, 2022: 555, f. 1J-M (mf)

Marilynia bicolor Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 130, f. 97I-J (f)

Marilynia bicolor Najim & Al-Esa, 2025: 4169, f. 6A-H (m)

Marilynia bicolor littoralis (Denis, 1959) | | France urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022498

Dictyna bicolor littoralis Denis, 1959e: 137, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Marilynia bicolor littoralis Brignoli, 1983c: 515