Biology:Argyronetidae
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Argyronetidae is a family of araneomorph spiders.[1]
Although originally erected by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869,[2] all of its genera were included in family Dictynidae until 2025, when the family was redefined by Montana et al..[3]
Earlier attempts to separate Argyroneta into its own family were not accepted.[1] Argyroneta probably represents its own subfamily.[1]
Distribution
Members of this family are mainly found in Asia, Europe and North Africa, with six genera found in North America. Mizaga is endemic to Senegal, and Paratheuma is found worldwide.
Genera
As of October 2025[update], this family includes twelve genera:[1]
- Altella Simon, 1885 – Algeria, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkey, Europe
- Arctella Holm, 1945 – Mongolia, Russia, Scandinavia, Alaska, Canada
- Argenna Thorell, 1870 – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Caucasus, Iran?, Russia, North America
- Argyroneta Latreille, 1804 – Asia, Russia
- Chaerea Simon, 1885 – Algeria, Greece, Italy, Spain, France
- Devade Simon, 1885 – Algeria, Asia, Ukraine, Russia, Cyprus
- Hackmania Lehtinen, 1967 – Russia, United States
- Iviella Lehtinen, 1967 – North America
- Mizaga Simon, 1898 – Senegal
- Paratheuma Bryant, 1940 – China, Japan, Korea, Iran, Hawaii, Mexico, United States, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Caroline Islands to Samoa. Introduced to China, Japan
- Saltonia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – United States
- Tricholathys Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, China, Russia, North America
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Family: Argyronetidae Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/family/176. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ↑ Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature [first part]". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 7: 1-108.
- ↑ Montana, K. O.; Cala-Riquelme, F.; Crews, S. C.; Gorneau, J. A.; Al-Jamal, A. M.; Alequín, L. D.; Spagna, J. C.; Ballarin, F. et al. (2025). "Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204: 1-97. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007.
External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q13567969 entry
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