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Dictynids

Approximately 290 species in 20 genera (1).

Eye arrangement in Dictyna and another member of the family:

   

Exact distribution within these countries will be added when time permits.

Argenna

- obesa - USA & Canada

- yakima - USA

Argennina

- unica - USA

Blabomma

- californicum - USA

- flavipes - USA

- foxi - USA

- guttatum - USA

- hexops - USA

- lahondae - USA

- oregonense - USA

- sanctum - USA

- sylvicola - USA

- yosemitense - USA

Brommella

- bishopi - USA

- lactea - USA

- monticola - USA

Cicurina

- aenigma

- alpicora

- arcata - USA & Canada

- arizona

- arkansa

- armadillo

- atomaria

- bandera

- bandida

- baronia

- barri

- blanco

- breviaria

- brevis - USA & Canada

- browni

- brunsi

- bryantae

- bullis

- buwata

- caliga

- cavealis

- colorada

- coryelli

- davisi

- delrio

- deserticola

- dorothea

- ezelli

- gertschi

- gruta

- harrietae

- hexops

- holsingeri

- hoodensis

- idahoana - USA & Canada

- intermedia

- itasca

- jonesi

- joya

- loftini

- ludoviciana

- machete

- madla

- marmorea

- mckenziei

- medina

- menardia

- microps

- minima

- minnesota

- minorata

- mirifica

- mixmaster

- modesta

- neovespera

- nevadensis

- obscura

- oklahoma

- orellia

- pablo

- pacifica

- pagosa

- pallida

- pampa

- parma

- pastura

- patei

- peckhami - USA, Canada, Alaska

- placida

- platypus

- puentecilla

- pusilla

- rainesi

- reclusa

- reddelli

- riogrande

- robusta

- rosae

- rudimentops

- russelli

- sansaba

- secreta

- selecta

- serena

- shasta

- sheari

- sierra

- simplex - USA, Canada, Alaska

- sintonia

- sprousei

- stowersi

- suttoni

- tacoma

- tersa - USA, Canada

- texana

- tortuba

- travisae

- troglobia

- ubicki

- utahana

- uvalde

- varians - USA

- venefica - USA

- venii - USA

- vespera - USA

- vibora - USA

- wartoni - USA

- watersi - USA

- wiltoni - USA

(not finished with this yet)

Spiders in the family can be cribellate or ecribellate.

Chamberlin and Gertsch, 1958, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, The spider family Dictynidae in America north of Mexico. Warning - this is a large pdf file (39 MB) that may take several minutes to download. Also, according to the chapter in Spiders of North America (1) by Robert Bennett, this paper only revises the cribellate dictynids.