Shikibutyna
Genus of spiders
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Shikibutyna is a genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae.[2]
| Shikibutyna | |
|---|---|
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| in Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Shikibutyna Cala-Riquelme, Gorneau & Esposito, 2025[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dictyna felis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 | |
| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Distribution
Shikibutyna is found in temperate Europe and Asia, from the Canary Islands to Japan.[2]
Etymology
The genus is named after Japanese author Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote one of the world's first novels around the year 1000. The ending refers to genus Dictyna, where the type species was originally placed.[1]
Taxonomy
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes nine species:[2]
- Shikibutyna felis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan (type species)
- Shikibutyna foliicola (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
- Shikibutyna guanchae (Schmidt, 1968) – Canary Islands
- Shikibutyna mongolica (Marusik & Koponen, 1998) – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Mongolia
- Shikibutyna procerula (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
- Shikibutyna schmidti (Kulczyński, 1926) – Russia (West Siberia to Far East)
- Shikibutyna szaboi (Chyzer, 1891) – Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
- Shikibutyna wangi (Song & Zhou, 1986) – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China
- Shikibutyna zherikhini (Marusik, 1988) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
