Family: Megadictynidae Lehtinen, 1967 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0121] Detail
N.B. Extracted from Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 247. Synonymized with Nicodamidae by Forster, 1970b: 177. Family status re-established by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 239 and assigned to Nicodamoidea; family status already assumend by Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix.
In synonymy:
Ihurakius Marples, 1959 = Megadictyna Dahl, 1906 (Lehtinen, 1967: 240)
Gen. Forstertyna Harvey, 1995 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02081] Detail
type Megadictyna marplesi Forster, 1970; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred from the Nicodamidae to the Megadictynidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 239, as already assumed by Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix.
Forstertyna marplesi (Forster, 1970) * | f | New Zealand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023235]
Megadictyna marplesi Forster, 1970b: 181, f. 533-534 (Df; m is Megadictyna thilenii per Harvey, 1995: 382).
Forstertyna marplesi Harvey, 1995: 382, f. 199-200 (Tf from Megadictyna).
Gen. Megadictyna Dahl, 1906 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02083] Detail
type Megadictyna thilenii Dahl, 1906; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred from the Nicodamidae to the Megadictynidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 239, as already assumed by Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix; considered a senior synonym of Ihurakius Marples, 1959b: 359 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05034] (type I. forsteri Marples, 1959 = Megadictyna thilenii Dahl, 1906) by Forster in Lehtinen, 1967: 240.
Transferred to other genera:
Megadictyna marplesi Forster, 1970 -- see Forstertyna
In synonymy:
Megadictyna forsteri (Marples, 1959, T from Ihurakius) = Megadictyna thilenii Dahl, 1906 (Forster in Lehtinen, 1967: 240).
Megadictyna thilenii Dahl, 1906 * | m f | New Zealand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023239]
Megadictyna thilenii Dahl, 1906b: 63 (Df).
Ihurakius forsteri Marples, 1959b: 359, f. III.2-3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054634].
Megadictyna thileniusi Lehtinen, 1967: 240, f. 18 (f, S of Ihurakius forsteri).
Megadictyna thileniusi Forster, 1970b: 178, f. 20, 505, 518-530 (mf).
Megadictyna marplesi Forster, 1970b: 181, f. 531-532 (m; misidentified per Harvey, 1995: 382).
Megadictyna thileniusi Coddington, 1990: 10, f. 31 (m).
Megadictyna thilenii Harvey, 1995: 378, f. 193-198 (mf; N.B.: Bonnet's emendation to thileniusi considered invalid).
Megadictyna thilenii Griswold et al., 2005: 32, f. 171A-C (m).
Megadictyna thilenii Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 63, f. 35.1-4 (mf).
Megadictyna thilenii Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015: 142, f. 10D, 13A (m).
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