Arethyna
Genus of spiders
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Arethyna is a genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae.[2]
| Arethyna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Arethyna Cala-Riquelme, 2025[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dictyna volucripes Keyserling, 1881 | |
| Species | |
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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
Species
As of October 2025[update], 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
