Dictynidae

Dictynidae

Male Lathys insulana
Scientific classification
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

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.

References

Roth, V.D. & Brown, W.L. (1975). Comments on the spider Saltonia incerta Banks (Agelenidae?). J. Arachnol. 3:53-56. PDF
Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

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Extant Araneae families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida

Suborder Mesothelae

Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)

Suborder Opisthothelae

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Bold are families with more than 1000 species

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Dictynidae

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