Dictynidae

Dictynidae is a family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Most build irregular webs on or near the ground, creating a tangle of silken fibers among several branches or stems of one plant.

Several genera were transferred to the family Argyronetidae and others to the family Lathyidae in 2025.

Genera

, this family includes 45 genera and 339 species:

• Adenodictyna <small>Ono, 2008</small> – Japan
• Ajmonia <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> – Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, India, Sri Lanka, Iran, Portugal, Spain, North Africa
• Anaxibia <small>Thorell, 1898</small> – Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe, Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka
• Arangina <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – New Zealand
• Archaeodictyna <small>Caporiacco, 1928</small> – Africa, China, Myanmar, Europe to Central Asia,
• Arethyna <small>Cala-Riquelme, 2025</small> – China, Russia, North America
• Argennina <small>Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936</small> – United States
• Atelolathys <small>Simon, 1892</small> – Sri Lanka
• Banaidja <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – Samoa
• Brigittea <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – Asia, Russia, New Caledonia, Mediterranean, North Africa. Introduced to South Africa
• Califorenigma <small>Cala-Riquelme, Gorneau & Esposito, 2025</small> – United States
• Callevophthalmus <small>Simon, 1906</small> – Australia
• Dictyna <small>Sundevall, 1833</small> – Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
• Dictynomorpha <small>Spassky, 1939</small> – Central Asia
• Emblyna <small>Chamberlin, 1948</small> – Europe, North America, Ecuador, Galapagos, Cuba, Greater Antilles
• Eriena <small>Cala-Riquelme, Crews & Esposito, 2025</small> – North America
• Helenactyna <small>, 1977</small> – St. Helena
• Khalotyna <small>Cala-Riquelme, Alequín & Esposito, 2025</small> – North America. Introduced to Hawaii
• Kharitonovia <small>Esyunin, Zamani & Tuneva, 2017</small> – Uzbekistan, Iran
• Mallos <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902</small> – North to South America
• Maretyna <small>Lin & Liu, 2025</small> – China
• Marilynia <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – Europe to Central Asia, North Africa
• Mashimo <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – South Africa, Zambia
• Mexitlia <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – Mexico, United States
• Myanmardictyna <small>Wunderlich, 2017</small> – Myanmar
• Nigma <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – Africa, Asia, Southern Europe
• Nopalityna <small>Cala-Riquelme & Esposito, 2025</small> – North America
• Pangunus <small>Cala-Riquelme, 2025</small> – China, Mongolia, India
• Paradictyna <small>Forster, 1970</small> – New Zealand
• Penangodyna <small>Wunderlich, 1995</small> – Malaysia
• Phantyna <small>Chamberlin, 1948</small> – North America, Galapagos, Venezuela
• Purplecorna <small>Cala-Riquelme & Esposito, 2025</small> – North America
• Qiyunia <small>Song & Xu, 1989</small> – China, Japan
• Rhion <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871</small> – Sri Lanka
• Shango <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – South Africa
• Shikibutyna <small>Cala-Riquelme, Gorneau & Esposito, 2025</small> – Kazakhstan, Eastern Asia, Canary Islands, Central Europe, Russia
• Simziella <small>Cala-Riquelme & Alequín, 2025</small> – Tajikistan, China, Canary Islands, Russia, Finland, North America
• Spagnius <small>Cala-Riquelme & Crews, 2025</small> – Cuba, North America
• Sudesna <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – China, Korea, Philippines, India, Australia
• Tahuantina <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> – Chile
• Tandil <small>Mello-Leitão, 1940</small> – Argentina
• Thallumetus <small>Simon, 1893</small> – Ascension Is, Bonaire, Virgin Islands, Panama, Mexico, United States, South America
• Tivyna <small>Chamberlin, 1948</small> – Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico, United States, Galapagos
• Tolkienus <small>Cala-Riquelme, Crews & Esposito, 2025</small> – Equatorial Guinea, Caucasus, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, North America
• Viridictyna <small>Forster, 1970</small> – New Zealand

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