Dictyna major Menge, 1869
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FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871 Genus: Dictyna Sundevall, 1833 Species: Dictyna major Menge, 1869  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
meshweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AB BC AK CO MT WA WY
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
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Natural History & 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, Cottonwood closed Forest; Black Spruce open Forest, Riparian; Conifer closed Forest; web in oxeye daisy flower, road shoulder; Riparian, open Conifer Forest; Lakeside, Mixed open Forest; Grassland, dry short; Conifer closed Foesrt, Riparian; Grassland; Riparian, Black cotton wood; Aspen open Forest; Lakeside, Black Spruce closed Forest; Burnt, Aspen Parkland; Riparian; Riparian, Grassland; Lodgepole Pine closed Forest; Grassland dry; Mixed closed Forest; Riparian, Cobble stones; Grassland, tall; Conifer open Forest; willows; Riparian, Aspen Forest; Grassland, long; Mixed open Forest; scrub timber, web in shrub next to trail; short willows; Lakeside, Mixed closed Forest; Grassland long; Lakeside conifers;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Male Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
Image of External Male Genitalia: Credit: Slowik, Joey |
Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Female Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
Image of Epigynum: Credit: Slowik, Joey |
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
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Braendegaard, J. 1940. Spiders (Araneina) from northeast Greenland. Meddel. Grönland 125(8): 1-29.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1894. Description of a new spider from East Lothian. Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 12: 589-590.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1885. Description of two new species of Araneida. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 16: 237-238.
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. 
Danilov, S. N. 1994. Cribellate spiders (Aranei, Cribellatae) of Transbaicalia. Ent. Obozr. 73: 200-209.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Holm, Å. 1967. Spiders (Araneae) from west Greenland. Meddr Grønland 184(1): 1-99.
Hu, J. L. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp.
Jackson, A. R. 1934. Notes on Arctic spiders obtained in 1933. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 14: 611-620.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1951. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 1: 1-310.
Loksa, I. 1969. Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133.
Menge, A. 1869. Preussische Spinnen. III. Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N. F.) 2: 219-264.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Schenkel, E. 1963. Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (A, Zool.) 25: 1-481.
Simon, E. 1914. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 1re partie. Paris, 6: 1-308.
Song, D. X. 1987. Spiders from agricultural regions of China (Arachnida: Araneae). Agriculture Publishing House, Beijing, 376pp.
Song, D. X. 1982. Some new records and synonyms of Chinese spiders. Zool. Res. Kunming 3: 101-102.
Song, D. X. & L. Lu. 1985. On some dictynids from China (Araneae: Dictynidae). Sinozool. 3: 77-83.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 2001. The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae. Hebei Science Technol. Publ. House, 510 pp.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Wiehle, H. 1953. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae) IX: Orthognatha-Cribellatae-Haplogynae-Entelegynae (Pholcidae, Zodariidae, Oxyopidae, Mimetidae, Nesticidae). Tierwelt Deutschlands 42: i-viii, 1-150.
Zhang, W. S. (ed.). 1987. [Farm spiders from Hubei Province]. Hubei Sci. Tech. Press, 299 pp.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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