Arachnida - Araneae - Dictynidae
Synonyms: Argyronetidae Menge 1869, Argyronetinae Menge 1869, Arthrodictynidae Petrunkevitch 1942
Parent taxon: Entelegynae according to W. C. Wheeler et al. 2017
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Park and Downing 2001, Penney 2002 and Selden 2001
Sister taxa: Agelenidae, Amaurobiidae, Araneoidea, Cybaeidae, Deinopidae, Deinopoidea, Desidae, Dictynoidea, Dionycha, Eotibiaapophysidae, Eresoidea, Gnaphosoidea, Hahniidae, Lycosoidea, Nicodamoidea, Oecobioidea, Orbiculariae, Palaeoperenethis, Sparassidae, Titanoecidae, Toxopidae, Uloboridae, Zodarioidea, Zoropsidae
Subtaxa: Argenna Argyroneta Arthrodictyna Balticocryphoeca Brommellina Chelicirrum Cryphoezaga Dictyna Eobrommella Eodictyna Eolathys Flagelldictyna Gibbermastigusa Hispaniolyna Mastigusa Mizagalla Palaeodictyna Palaeolathys Protomastigusa Scopulyna Succinyna Thallumetus Vectaraneus
Type: Dictyna
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Colombia (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (1), Madagascar (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Germany (1), United States (3: California)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (3), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (10), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 37 collections including 77 occurrences