Zorodictyna Explained

Zorodictyna is a genus of spiders in the family Udubidae native to Madagascar. It has been described as an intermediate genus between Zoropsidae and Dictynidae, though it is now placed in Udubidae. This genus was originally placed in the family Zoropsidae, but it has been reassigned several times since. In 1967, Lehtinen moved it to Miturgidae.^[1] In 1999, it was moved back to Zoropsidae,^[2] and in 2015, it was moved to Udubidae.^[3]

Species

, the genus has two accepted species.^[4]

• Zorodictyna inhonesta – Madagascar
• Zorodictyna oswaldi – Madagascar

Notes and References

1. Lehtinen. P.T.. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4. 199–468.
2. Griswold. C.E.. Coddington. J.A.. Platnick. N.I.. Forster. R.R.. 1999. Towards a phylogeny of entelegyne spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae). Journal of Arachnology. 27. 53–63.
3. Polotow. D.. Carmichael. A.. Griswold. C.E.. 2015. Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae). Invertebrate Systematics. 29. 124–163. 10.1071/IS14041. free.
4. Web site: Zorodictyna Strand, 1907. 2016-01-27. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.