Dictynidae










































Dictynidae

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Male Lathys insulana

Scientific classification e
Kingdom:

Animalia
Phylum:

Arthropoda
Subphylum:

Chelicerata
Class:

Arachnida
Order:

Araneae
Infraorder:

Araneomorphae
Family:

Dictynidae
O. P-Cambridge, 1871
Genera

Altella
Archaeodictyna
Blabomma
Cicurina
Dictyna
Emblyna
Lathys
Nigma
Paradictyna
Saltonia
Yorima

 many more



Diversity

48 genera, 563 species

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Dictynidae is a family of cribellate (hackled band-producing) spiders. Most spiders in this family build irregular webs close to or directly on the ground. Typically they create a tangle of silken fibers among several branches or stems of one plant.



See also



  • List of Dictynidae species

  • Spider families



References



  • Roth, V.D. & Brown, W.L. (1975). Comments on the spider Saltonia incerta Banks (Agelenidae?). J. Arachnol. 3:53-56. PDF


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    Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

















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