Dictynoidea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

Montana, Katherine O., Cala-Riquelme, Franklyn, Crews, Sarah C., Gorneau, Jacob A., Al-Jamal, Amin M., Alequín, Luigie D., Spagna, Joseph C., Ballarin, Francesco & Esposito, Lauren A., 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 (2) : -

Superfamily Dictynoidea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

Diagnosis: Small to large spiders with a conspicuous lateral condyle ( Figs 5E, F, 6E, 7C) on the chelicerae that may have a horn ( Figs 6F, 7A–C, E); male palpus without a median apophysis and with the conductor articulating and usually resembling an expansive sheath, comprising distal hematodochae ( Fig. 57A– D), a sclerotized area, and upper and lower conductor arms ( Figs 19C, D, 20D, 22A) [male bulb configuration in Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1869 ( Fig. 17A, B), Agelenidae C.L.Koch, 1837 ( Fig. 17C–F), Stiphidiidae Dalmas, 1917 ( Fig. 18A, B), Desidae ( Fig. 18C), Macrobunidae ( Figs 18D–F, 19A); Hahniidae ( Fig. 19B)]; epigyne ( Figs 13A–F, 14A–F, 15A–F, 16A–F) usually with a pair of membranous sacs ( Figs 15A, B, 16E, F, 33E, 37D).

List of included families. Argyronetidae Thorell, 1869 stat. reinst., Cicurinidae F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 , Cybaeidae Banks, 1892 , Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 s.s., Lathyidae fam. n., Toxopidae Hickman, 1940 .