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. Mexitlia Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01986

In synonymy:

Mexitlia avara (Banks, 1898) = Mexitlia grandis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Bond & Opell, 1997: 441)

Mexitlia ghigii (Caporiacco, 1938, T from Mallos) = Mexitlia grandis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Bond & Opell, 1997: 441)

Mexitlia zionis (Chamberlin, 1948) = Mexitlia trivittata Banks, 1901 (Roewer, 1955c: 1332, sub Mallos)

Mexitlia altima Bond & Opell, 1997 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022503

Mexitlia altima Bond & Opell, 1997: 438, f. 97-99 (Df) Original description

Mexitlia grandis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022504

Dictyna grandis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 172, pl. 21, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Dictyna avara Banks, 1898b: 232, pl. 14, f. 19 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065162]

Dictyna grandis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 359, pl. 33, f. 22 (f)

Dictyna ghigii Caporiacco, 1938b: 257, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065163]

Mallos grandis Gertsch, 1946a: 9 (Dm)

Mallos avara Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 45, pl. 10, f. 6 (Dm)

Mexitlia avara Lehtinen, 1967: 248 (T from Mallos)

Mexitlia grandis Lehtinen, 1967: 248 (T from Mallos)

Mexitlia grandis Bond & Opell, 1997: 441, f. 104-109 (mf, S of Mallos ghigii and Mexitlia avara)

Mexitlia trivittata (Banks, 1901) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022505

Lethia trivittata Banks, 1901b: 577, pl. 23, f. 9-10 (Dmf) Original description

Lathys trivittata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 112

Dictynoides trivittata Chamberlin, 1919a: 244 (T from Lathys)

Dictyna trivittata Gertsch, 1935a: 15 (T from Dictynoides)

Mallos trivittatus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940: 327

Mallos zionis Chamberlin, 1948: 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065165]

Mallos trivittatus Gertsch in Roewer, 1955c: 1332 (S of Mallos zionis)

Mallos trivittatus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 45, pl. 10, f. 1-5 (mf, S of Mallos zionis confirmed)

Mexitlia trivittata Lehtinen, 1967: 248, f. 300, 314 (mf, T from Mallos)

Mallos trivittatus Roth, 1985: B11-3, f. 6-7 (mf)

Mallos trivittatus Roth, 1994: 91, f. 6-7 (mf)

Mexitlia trivittata Bond & Opell, 1997: 439, f. 3, 11, 13, 100-103 (mf)

Mexitlia trivittata Crews et al., 2020: 912, f. 20H, J, S14A-F, K (mf)