Shikibutyna
| Shikibutyna | |
|---|---|
| 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
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| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Shikibutyna is a genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae.[2]
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
The species in this genus were formally placed in Dictyna and Emblyna (S. mongolica, S. wangi, S. zherikhini).[2]
Species
As of October 2025, 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)
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. Shikibutyna Cala-Riquelme, Gorneau & Esposito, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
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