Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC AK CO MT WA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22300
Dictyna major Menge, 1869
FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Genus: Dictyna Sundevall, 1833
Species: Dictyna major Menge, 1869
Common Names
Family Common Name:
meshweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC AK CO MT WA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Slowik, Joey
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
Credit: Slowik, Joey
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
Credit: Slowik, Joey
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Dictyna major Menge 1869 |
| Dictyna cognata O. P.-Cambridge 1885 |
| Dictyna arenicola O. P.-Cambridge 1894 |
| Dictyna major Simon 1914 |
| Dictyna vincens Chamberlin 1919 |
| Dictyna major Jackson 1934 |
| Dictyna major Braendegaard 1940 |
| Dictyna chenea Chamberlin 1948 |
| Dictyna clackamas Chamberlin 1948 |
| Dictyna major Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Dictyna major Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Dictyna major Wiehle 1953 |
| Dictyna major Chamberlin & Gertsch 1958 |
| Dictyna potanini Schenkel 1963 |
| Dictyna major Braendegaard 1966 |
| Dictyna major Holm 1967 |
| Dictyna major Loksa 1969 |
| Dictyna major Song 1982 |
| Dictyna major Roberts 1985 |
| Dictyna major Song & Lu 1985 |
| Dictyna major Song 1987 |
| Dictyna major Zhang 1987 |
| Dictyna major Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Dictyna major Danilov 1994 |
| Dictyna major Roberts 1995 |
| Dictyna major Roberts 1998 |
| Dictyna major Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Dictyna major Hu 2001 |
| Dictyna major Song, Zhu & Chen 2001 |
| Dictyna major Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Dictyna major Almquist 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.
Braendegaard, J. 1966. Edderkopper: Eller Spindlere I. Danmarks Fauna 72: 1-224.
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/DICTYNIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Dictyna Sundevall, 1833‡‡
D. abundans Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 ...............USA
D. agressa Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
D. alaskae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 ...............Holarctic
D. annexa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
D. apacheca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
D. arundinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) ...............Holarctic
D. bellans Chamberlin, 1919 ...............USA, Mexico
D. bellans hatchi Jones, 1948 ...............USA
D. bostoniensis Emerton, 1888 ...............USA, Canada
D. brevitarsa Emerton, 1915 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
D. calcarata Banks, 1904 ...............USA, Mexico, Hawaii
D. cavata Jones, 1947 ...............USA, Cuba
D. cebolla Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
D. cholla Gertsch & Davis, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
D. civica (Lucas, 1850) ...............Europe, North Africa, North America
D. coloradensis Chamberlin, 1919 ...............USA
D. crosbyi Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 ...............USA
D. dauna Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA, Bahama Is.
D. foliacea (Hentz, 1850) ...............USA, Canada
D. formidolosa Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 ...............USA, Canada
D. gloria Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA
D. idahoana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 ...............USA
D. juno Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
D. longispina Emerton, 1888 ...............USA
D. marilina Chamberlin, 1948 ...............USA
D. minuta Emerton, 1888 ...............USA, Canada
D. mora Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
D. nebraska Gertsch, 1946 ...............USA
D. peon Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA, Mexico
D. personata Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
D. pictella Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
D. pusilla Thorell, 1856 ...............Palearctic
D. quadrispinosa Emerton, 1919 ...............USA
D. saepei Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 ...............USA
D. saltona Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
D. sancta Gertsch, 1946 ...............USA, Canada
D. secuta Chamberlin, 1924 ...............USA, Mexico
D. sierra Chamberlin, 1948 ...............USA
D. subpinicola Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
D. sylvania Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA
D. terrestris Emerton, 1911 ...............USA
D. tridentata Bishop & Ruderman, 1946 ...............USA
D. tucsona Chamberlin, 1948 ...............USA, Mexico
D. uncinata Thorell, 1856 ...............Palearctic
D. volucripes Keyserling, 1881 ...............North America
D. volucripes volucripoides Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution