Arethyna is a genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae.[2]
Distribution
Most species are endemic to North America from Canada to Mexico, with one species found in China and South Siberia.[2]
Etymology
The genus name honors singer Aretha Franklin, with the ending rhyming to the related genus Dictyna.[1]
Taxonomy
All species in this genus were transferred from genus Dyctina, except for A. osceola, which was transferred from Emblyna.[2]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes eleven species:[2]
- Arethyna coloradensis (Chamberlin, 1919) – Canada, United States
- Arethyna idahoana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) – United States
- Arethyna osceola (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – United States
- Arethyna peon (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – United States, Mexico
- Arethyna personata (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – Canada, United States, Mexico
- Arethyna saltona (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – United States
- Arethyna secuta (Chamberlin, 1924) – United States, Mexico
- Arethyna sierra (Chamberlin, 1948) – United States, Mexico
- Arethyna ubsunurica (Marusik & Koponen, 1998) – Russia (South Siberia), China
- Arethyna volucripes (Keyserling, 1881) – Canada, United States, Mexico (type species)
- A. v. volucripoides (Ivie, 1947) – United States
References
- ^ a b Montana, K. O.; Cala-Riquelme, F.; Crews, S. C.; Gorneau, J. A.; Al-Jamal, A. M.; Alequín, L. D.; Spagna, J. C.; Ballarin, F.; Esposito, L. A. (2025). “Tailor’s drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato”. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204: 1–97. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007.
- ^ a b c d “Gen. Arethyna Cala-Riquelme, 2025″. World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
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