Dictynoidea

Dictynoidea
Dictynoidea
Aysha velox, Anyphaenidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Division: Entelegynae
Superfamily: Dictynoidea
Families

Anyphaenidae
Cybaeidae
Desidae
Dictynidae
Hahniidae
Nicodamidae

Diversity
6 families, 1640 species

The Dictynoidea are a superfamily of araneomorph spiders. They contain six families of eight-eyed spiders:

References

  • Spagna, J.C.; Crews, S.C.; Gillespie, R.G. 2010: Patterns of habitat affinity and Austral/Holarctic parallelism in dictynoid spiders (Araneae : Entelegynae). Invertebrate systematics, 24: 238–257. doi:10.1071/IS10001