Dictyna bostoniensis Emerton, 1888
| FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871 Genus: Dictyna Sundevall, 1833 Species: Dictyna bostoniensis Emerton, 1888  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
meshweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
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Distribution & Point Collections
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† space web builders
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Riparian, Mixed Conifer open Forest; Lodgepole Pine open Forest; Town Garden; Riparian; Wet Grassland; Wet sandy meadow; Lodgepole Pine closed Forest;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Males
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Details About Females
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Chamberlin, R. V. 1948. The genera of North American Dictynidae. Bull. Univ. Utah 38(15): 1-31.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1919. New western spiders. Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 12: 239-260.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1958. The spider family Dictynidae in America north of Mexico. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 116: 1-152. 
Emerton, J. H. 1888. New England spiders of the family Ciniflonidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 7: 443-458.
Griswold, C. E., M. J. Ramírez, J. A. Coddington & N. I. Platnick. 2005. Atlas of phylogenetic data for entelegyne spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae: Entelegynae) with comments on their phylogeny. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 56(Suppl. II): 1-324.
Jones, S. 1947. Descriptions of some species of the spider genus Dictyna. Field and Laboratory 15: 1-35.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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