Dictynidae
| Dictynidae Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| Lathys insulana, male | |
| Dictyna civica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 |
| Diversity | |
| 45 genera, 339 species | |
| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
Dictynidae is a family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Most build irregular webs on or near the ground, creating a tangle of silken fibers among several branches or stems of one plant.
Several genera were transferred to the family Argyronetidae and others to the family Lathyidae in 2025.