Dictynidae | |
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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 |
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Diversity | |
48 genera, 563 species | |
Altella
Archaeodictyna
Blabomma
Cicurina
Dictyna
Emblyna
Lathys
Nigma
Paradictyna
Saltonia
Yorima
many more
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.