Family Dictynidae Pickard-Cambridge 1871 (orb-weaver)
Synonym: Arthrodictynidae Petrunkevitch 1942
Parent taxon: Dictynoidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Amaurobiidae, Anyphaenidae, Cybaeidae, Desidae, Hahniidae, Liocranidae, Miturgidae, Sinodictyna, Titanoecidae
Subtaxa: Argenna, Arthrodictyna, Balticocryphoeca, Brommellina, Burmadictyna, Chelicirrum, Cryphoezaga, Dictyna, Eobrommella, Eocryphoeca, Eocryphoecara, Eodictyna, Eolathys, Flagelldictyna, Gibbermastigusa, Hispaniolyna, Mastigusa, Mizagalla, Palaeodictyna, Palaeolathys, Protomastigusa, Scopulyna, Succinya, Thallumetus
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