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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Mesh Web Weavers (Dictynidae) » Dictyna » Dictyna major

Species Dictyna major

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Male and female Dictyna - Dictyna major - male - female mesh web weaver, MT #4 - Dictyna major - female mesh web weaver - Dictyna major - female little white and brown spider - Dictyna major D. major male - Dictyna major - male D. major male - Dictyna major - male D. major male - Dictyna major - male Dictyna major--voucher image - Dictyna major - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Dictynidae (Mesh Web Weavers)
Genus Dictyna
Species major (Dictyna major)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Author of the name: Menge. Year first published: 1869.
Identification
Palp
Range
Holarctic; in North America it is known from Labrador West to Alaska and south to Minnesota (BG data), South Dakota, Montana and northern California.(1)
Works Cited
1.The Spider Family Dictynidae in American North of Mexico
R.V. Chamberlin and W.J. Gertsch. 1958. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History; Vol. 116 : Article 1.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 25 August, 2011 - 8:56am
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 15 February, 2023 - 2:45pm

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