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Checklist for Superfamily Dictynoidea Forster, 1970 (Sac spiders)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
531
4342
23365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
462
3675
20216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
99
1782
11863
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
91
1742
11733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
70
1611
10817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
68
1598
10759
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dictynoidea
Forster, 1970
Sac spiders
4
52
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
4 Families width 176 Species and 1 Subspecies
Dictynidae O. P-Cambridge, 1871Dictynid spiders106SpeciesTaxom
Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878Dwarf sheet spiders48SpeciesTaxom
Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878Anyphaenid sac spiders14SpeciesTaxom
Desidae Pocock, 1895Desid spiders8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Africa
52 Genera with 176 Species
#ABCDEFHIKLMNPSTW
Ajmonia Caporiacco, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Alistra Thorell, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Altella Simon, 18845SpeciesTaxom
Amaurobioides O. P.-Cambridge, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Analtella Denis, 19924SpeciesTaxom
Anaxibia Thorell, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Antistea Simon, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Anyphaena Sundevall, 18665SpeciesTaxom
Archaeodictyna Caporiacco, 19878SpeciesTaxom
Aysha Keyserling, 1988Sac spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Badumna Thorell, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Brigittea Lehtinen, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Chaerea Simon, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Cicurina Menge, 18926SpeciesTaxom
Cryphoeca Thorell, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Cybaeolus Simon, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Desis Walckenaer, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Devade Simon, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Dictyna Sundevall, 194917SpeciesTaxom
Emblyna Chamberlin, 19926SpeciesTaxom
Flagelldictyna Wunderlich, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967
0SpeciesTaxom
Hahnia C. L. Koch, 189838SpeciesTaxom
Hapona Forster, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Helenactyna Benoit, 1977
0SpeciesTaxom
Hispaniolyna Wunderlich, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Hoplolathys Caporiacco, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Iberina Simon, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Katissa Brescovit, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Lathys Simon, 199214SpeciesTaxom
Marilynia Lehtinen, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Mashimo Lehtinen, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Mastigusa Menge, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Mizaga Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Monapia Simon, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Myro O. P.-Cambridge, 19473SpeciesTaxom
Neoantistea Gertsch, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Nigma Lehtinen, 195110SpeciesTaxom
Palaeodictyna6SpeciesTaxom
Palaeolathys Wunderlich, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Patrera Simon, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Philisca Simon, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Sanogasta Mello-Leitao, 1941
0SpeciesTaxom
Scotolathys Simon, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Shango Lehtinen, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Shikibutyna Cala-Riquelm..., 19681SpeciesTaxom
Simziella Cala-Riquelm..., 19922SpeciesTaxom
Succinyna Wunderlich, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Teudis O. P.-Cambridge, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Tolkienus Cala-Riquelm..., 20251SpeciesTaxom
Tomopisthes Simon, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Wulfila O. P.-Cambridge, 19881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
176 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ajmonia gratiosa (Eugène Simon, 1881)⇒ Nigma gratiosa Simon, 1881
Ajmonia numidica J. Denis, 1937
Ajmonia patellaris (Eugène Simon, 1910)⇒ Ajmonia velifera Eugène Simon, 1906
Ajmonia velifera Eugène Simon, 1906
Alistra mendanai Paolo Marcel..., 1986
Alistra personata Ledoux, 2004
Altella lucida Eugène Simon, 1874Dorset Mesh-weaver
Altella media Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Altella opaca Eugène Simon, 1910Stocky cerith
Altella pygmaea Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Altella uncata Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Amaurobioides africana J. Hewitt, 1917
Analtella affinis Blackwall, 1862
Analtella dentichelis Simon, 1883
Analtella pygmaea Wunderlich, 2011
Analtella teideensis Wunderlich, 1992
Anaxibia difficilis Otto Kraus, 1960
Anaxibia peteri Roger de Les..., 1933
Antistea elegans Blackwall, 1841Marsh combtail
Anyphaena accentuata Walckenaer, 1802Buzzing Spider
Anyphaena alboirrorata Eugène Simon, 1878Nuttall's meadowbeauty
Anyphaena judicata Octavius Pic..., 1896
Anyphaena numida Eugène Simon, 1897
Anyphaena sabina Ludwig Carl ..., 1866Redflower buckwheat
Archaeodictyna aguasverdes Wunderlich, 2022
Archaeodictyna ammophila Menge, 1871
Archaeodictyna anguiniceps Eugène Simon, 1899
Archaeodictyna condocta Octavius Pic..., 1876
Archaeodictyna fuerteventurensis Schmidt, 1976
Archaeodictyna lanzarotensis Wunderlich, 2022
Archaeodictyna tazzeiti J. Denis, 1954
Archaeodictyna ulova Griswold & M..., 1987
Aysha bulla Wunderlich, 1988
Badumna longinqua Ludwig Carl ..., 1867Brown house spider
Brigittea civica Lucas, 1850
Brigittea guanchae Schmidt, 1968
Chaerea maritimus Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Cicurina arcuata (Eugen von Ke..., 1887)⇒ Cicurina arcata Ralph Vary C..., 1940
Cicurina brevis James Henry ..., 1890Small-Eared Meshweaver
Cicurina cicur Johan Christ..., 1793
Cicurina medina Willis J. Ge..., 1992
Cicurina pallida Eugen von Ke..., 1887Littleleaf minerslettuce
Cicurina placida Banks, 1892
Cryphoeca montana James Henry ..., 1909Largeleaf sphagnum
Cryphoeca silvicola C. L. Koch, 1834
Cybaeolus rastellus Roth, 1967
Desis crosslandi Reginald Inn..., 1903Happy Valley talussnail
Desis formidabilis Octavius Pic..., 1890Intertidal spider
Desis tangana Carl Friedri..., 1955California harvester ant
Devade pusilla Eugène Simon, 1910Stocky cerith
Dictyna aguasverdes Wunderlich, 2022
Dictyna betancuria Wunderlich, 2022
Dictyna brevitarsa James Henry ..., 1915Florida sphagnum
Dictyna civica (Hippolyte Lucas, 1850)⇒ Brigittea civica Lucas, 1850
Dictyna cofete Wunderlich, 2022
Dictyna cyrenaica Caporiacco, 1933
Dictyna denisi Pekka T. Leh..., 1967
Dictyna fuerteventurensis Joachim Schmidt, 1976
Dictyna guanchae (Joachim Schmidt, 1968)⇒ Brigittea guanchae Schmidt, 1968
Dictyna guineensis J. Denis, 1955
Dictyna laeviceps Eugène Simon, 1910Stocky cerith
Dictyna lanzarotensis Wunderlich, 2022
Dictyna livida Cândido Firm..., 1941
Dictyna major Menge, 1869
Dictyna minuta James Henry ..., 1888
Dictyna rufa J. Wunderlich, 2012
Dictyna tullgreni Lodovico di ..., 1949
Emblyna acoreensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Emblyna annulipes John Blackwall, 1846
Emblyna canadas Wunderlich, 2022
Emblyna maxima Richard C. B..., 1892
Emblyna phylax Willis J. Ge..., 1936
Emblyna teideensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Flagelldictyna copalis J. Wunderlich, 2012
Hahnia abrahami J. Hewitt, 1915
Hahnia anophthalma Barrientos &..., 2024
Hahnia barbara J. Denis, 1937
Hahnia benoiti Robert Bosma..., 1980
Hahnia breviducta Robert Bosma..., 1980
Hahnia cameroonensis Robert Bosmans, 1987
Hahnia candida (Eugène Simon, 1875)⇒ Iberina candida Simon, 1875
Hahnia clathrata Eugène Simon, 1898
Hahnia dewittei Robert Bosmans, 1986
Hahnia eburneensis Rudy Jocqué ..., 1982
Hahnia eidmanni Carl Friedri..., 1942
Hahnia gigantea Robert Bosmans, 1986
Hahnia glacialis William Sør..., 1898
Hahnia harmae Paolo Marcel..., 1977
Hahnia helveola (Eugène Simon, 1875)⇒ Hahnia pusilla C. L. Koch, 1841
Hahnia inflata Pierre L. G...., 1978
Hahnia insulana Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Hahnia jocquei Robert Bosmans, 1982
Hahnia larseni Marusik, 2017
Hahnia laticeps Eugène Simon, 1898
Hahnia leopoldi Robert Bosmans, 1982
Hahnia linderi Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Hahnia lobata Robert Bosmans, 1981
Hahnia major Pierre L. G...., 1978
Hahnia manengoubensis Robert Bosmans, 1987
Hahnia mauensis Robert Bosmans, 1986
Hahnia nava Blackwall, 1841
Hahnia nigricans Pierre L. G...., 1978
Hahnia obliquitibialis Robert Bosmans, 1982
Hahnia pusilla C. L. Koch, 1841
Hahnia schubotzi Embrik Strand, 1913
Hahnia sirimoni Pierre L. G...., 1978
Hahnia spinata Pierre L. G...., 1978
Hahnia tabulicola Eugène Simon, 1898
Hahnia upembaensis Robert Bosmans, 1986
Hahnia vangoethemi (Pierre L. G...., 1978)⇒ Hahnia benoiti Robert Bosma..., 1980
Hahnia vanwaerebeki Robert Bosmans, 1987
Hahnia zodarioides Eugène Simon, 1898
Hapona amira Forster, 1970
Hispaniolyna hirsuta J. Wunderlich, 1988
Hispaniolyna magna J. Wunderlich, 1988
Hoplolathys aethiopica Lodovico di ..., 1947
Iberina candida Simon, 1875
Katissa lycosoides Arthur Merto..., 1937
Lathys affinis John Blackwall, 1862
Lathys arabs Simon, 1910
Lathys brevitibialis J. Denis, 1956
Lathys dentichelis Eugène Simon, 1883Ocellate gall midge
Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855)⇒ Lathys nielseni Ehrenfried S..., 1932
Lathys humilis meridionalis Simon, 1874
Lathys maura Eugène Simon, 1910
Lathys pallida (Marx, 1891)⇒ Lathys alberta Willis J. Ge..., 1946
Lathys pygmaea Wunderlich, 2011
Lathys sexpustulata Eugène Simon, 1878
Lathys simplicior Raymond Comt..., 1916
Lathys stigmatisata Menge, 1869
Lathys subviridis J. Denis, 1937
Lathys teideensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Marilynia bicolor Eugène Simon, 1870
Mashimo leleupi Pekka T. Leh..., 1967
Mastigusa arietina Tord Tamerla..., 1871
Mastigusa diversa O. Pickard-C..., 1893
Mizaga chevreuxi Eugène Simon, 1898
Monapia dilaticollis Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Myro jeanneli Berland, 1947
Myro kerguelenensis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1876)⇒ Myro paucispinosus Berland, 1947
Myro paucispinosus Berland, 1947
Neoantistea agilis Keyserling, 1887
Neoantistea gosiuta Willis J. Ge..., 1934
Neoantistea magna Eugen von Ke..., 1887
Nigma conducens Octavius Pic..., 1876
Nigma flavescens (Charles Atha..., 1830)⇒ Nigma tristis Spassky, 1952
Nigma gertschi Lucien Berla..., 1940
Nigma gratiosa Simon, 1881
Nigma hortensis Eugène Simon, 1870
Nigma longipes Lucien Berland, 1914
Nigma puella Eugène Simon, 1870
Nigma tuberosa Wunderlich, 1987
Nigma vulnerata Eugène Simon, 1914
Nigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951)⇒ Nigma laeta Spassky, 1952
Palaeodictyna intermedia J. Wunderlich, 1988
Palaeodictyna longispina J. Wunderlich, 1988
Palaeodictyna singularis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Palaeodictyna spiculum J. Wunderlich, 1988
Palaeodictyna termitophila J. Wunderlich, 1988
Palaeodictyna unispina J. Wunderlich, 1988
Palaeolathys circumductus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Palaeolathys quadruplex J. Wunderlich, 1988
Palaeolathys similis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Patrera longipes Eugen von Ke..., 1891
Philisca tripunctata Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Scotolathys simplex Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Shango capicola Embrik Strand, 1909
Shikibutyna guanchae Schmidt, 1968
Simziella canadas Wunderlich, 2022
Simziella teideensis Wunderlich, 1992
Succinyna longembolus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Succinyna pulcher J. Wunderlich, 1988
Succinyna spinipalpus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Teudis ligula Wunderlich, 1988
Tolkienus estoc Cala-Riquelm..., 2025
Tomopisthes horrendus Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Wulfila spinipes J. Wunderlich, 1988

Subnodes of Dictynoidea with occurrences in Africa
FamilyAnyphaenidae
Bertkau, 1878
Anyphaenid sac spiders, Buzzing Spiders, Ghost spiders, Sac spiders, Seashore Spiders
11
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDesidae
Pocock, 1895
Desid spiders, Intertidal spiders
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDictynidae
O. P-Cambridge, 1871
Dictynid spiders, Mesh Web Weavers, Mesh-Webbed Spiders, Meshweavers, Meshweb Weavers
29
106
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHahniidae
Bertkau, 1878
Dwarf sheet spiders, Hahniid sheet-web spiders, Hahniid spiders, Hahniids, Lesser Cobweb Spiders
7
48
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNicodamidae
Simon, 1898
Nicodamid spiders, Red and black spider, Red and black spiders, Red-black spiders
0
0
Genera
Species

Taxom